corruption in the legal system???

chicacanela · #1 11-02-2008, 04:16 AM

a man was shot and my husband was picked up and put in jail because he had similar clothing to the shooter. my husband is innocent and ALL the evidence proves this as well, but because this man has a family member who is a judge, my husband still has not been released. i assume this is a common occurence, but none the less is a horribly dishonest thing to do, but what is usually the outcome in a situation like this? does my husband have a better than great chance of being released? please give me some hope, i'm very, very sad. thank you.

SKY · #2 11-02-2008, 08:12 AM

Get a good Dominican lawyer. Where did this happen?

zoomzx11 · #3 11-02-2008, 09:54 AM

Identical thing happened to my brother in law. But it was a aggravated sex charge and he made the mistake of wearing a green shirt when he left home the day following the incident. The perp was identified as wearing a green shirt. Brother in law spent three months in a really bad jail in Santo Domingo. No evidence of any kind other than the victim identifying my brother in law. Crime happened in the dead of night and the victim admitted she did not see his face. We even had an eyewitness, a teenage boy who swore it was not my brother in law. After months of B.S.(brother in law in jail unable to support his family) we took the option of paying. The government gave the victim a free lawyer and she also had the money to hire her own representation. My wife paid the lawyers directly so at least the liar got next to nothing when the two lawyer thieves were done with her. This was a total Dominican case, no gringo's involved. The just us system here is even worse that the United States. Best of luck to you.

Danny W · #4 11-02-2008, 11:04 AM

My experience is that when a person is innocent but lawyers and accusers see the opportunity to cash in, then you will be offered a deal through your own attorney. Get a good attorney immediately and pay the money! - D

swooperman · #5 11-02-2008, 07:32 PM

We are the fish and they are the fishers. Get a gun and shoot the bastards. That is the only thing they will understand. Make sure you shoot yourself right after because jail really sucks here.

MikeFisher · #6 11-02-2008, 10:28 PM

get the money and the lawyer to pay the deal.
Mike

chicacanela · #7 11-02-2008, 10:37 PM

many thanks to all who gave their stories and advice. this shooting happened in santo domingo 2 weeks ago. i guess the victim has alot of money and/or influence in the community, but who cares, the wrong guy is in jail. my husbands family tells me that his lawyer is good, but i am not allowed to speak to him b/c he is not to know i am american and all their phones lines are being tapped. also, it seems like i cannot get a straight answer from anybody on what exactly is happening. how bad would it be(for my husband) to expose this man's family member who is a judge, or to let them know that they are convicting the wrong guy who is the husband of an american citizen? or does that even make a difference? can the department of human rights get involved in cases like these?

chicacanela · #8 11-02-2008, 10:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SKY

Get a good Dominican lawyer. Where did this happen?

in santo domingo, 2 weeks ago.

chicacanela · #9 11-02-2008, 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeFisher

get the money and the lawyer to pay the deal.
Mike

thanks for your advice...i just wish i could get his family to be straight with me.

MikeFisher · #10 11-02-2008, 11:04 PM

yeap,\looks like my 2nd post did not went throu, sorry,
so again:
if his family is taking care about the case and they would need money for that, the "gringa"(sorry for the simple naming, but i think we know what's meant) would be the first to know about such.
otherwise,
let them take care of it their way and
back off.
Mike