Before the decision of Supreme Court of the United States which determined that state court juries must be unanimous, to convict a defendant of a felony, the president of the senate, Thomas Rivera Schatzsaid Tuesday that he gave the week a term Courts Administration Office (OAT) and at Department of Correction and Rehabilitation of Puerto Rico (DCR) to provide you with the statistics of people who are serving sentences due to the determination of a jury that was not unanimous.
Both agencies have until next Monday, May 11, 2020; at 5:00 in the afternoon to provide said information, as said request was approved, by the High Corps.
Precisely the senatorial president Today held a meeting with a group of attorneys who are experts in criminal law and constitutional law to discuss the scope and applicability of this decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Puerto Rico.
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Before he Supreme Court of the United States issued the decision, in Puerto Rico the guilty verdict was not required to be unanimous.
The lawyer was present at the meeting Dennis Longo Quiñones, Secretary of Justice; the graduates Harry padilla, Leo Aldridge, Edgar Vega Pabón, Rubén Falú, Pablo Colón, Gerardo Cruz, Roberto Alonso, José Andreu Fuentes, Julio Fontanet and Carlos Ramos, who submitted their comments in writing as well as Andrés Córdova; the Attorney General, Isaías Sánchez; the deputy attorney general, Pedro Vazquez; the Chief Prosecutor, graduate Arlene Gardón and the director of the Society for Legal Assistance, graduate Felix Velez Alejandro.
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