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Originally Posted by Lambada
Yes, although I don't know how far the appeal has got. It was earlier this month when he was sentenced to a year .......
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Originally Posted by JGT
Until then I suggest you don't believe everything you read in the papers.
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Welcome to DR1, Lic. Garcia. I think most of us are aware that journalism here can fall prey to the same perils as the justice system ........ but for us to be clear could you itemise which parts of the newspaper reports were wrong? I take it that 'sentenced to a year' is wrong (unless you're posting from the computer room at the Fortaleza?
) Courageous of you to open yourself up to questions here, looks like you got one immediately following your post.
And so that everyone is clear, to my knowledge I have never met you & I know I have never been a client of your firm so I have no personal stake in this whatsoever. I have, however, over the years tried to help a number of people wrongly accused (mostly foreigners) and in my view it isn't just weakness & incompetence which can bedevil the judicial system but also corruption - judges selling decisions to the highest bidder. Would you agree that this can be a factor in judicial decision making in Puerto Plata?