Peruvian judges decline to apply crime-favourable law to fugitive general condemned for forced disappearance
Peruvian judges refused to apply a pro-crime law to general Pérez Documet, a fugitive condemned for forced disappearance.
Judges reject applying pro-crime law to general Pérez Documet, condemned and on the run
According to Google News PE — Crime, Peruvian judges decided to decline to apply a law considered favourable to criminality in the case of general Pérez Documet, who is a fugitive from justice after being condemned for the crime of forced disappearance.
The judicial resolution represents an express rejection of the application of said norm in a proceeding involving a high-ranking officer of Peru's Armed Forces. Pérez Documet remains in a state of flight, which aggravates his procedural condition in the face of the sentence against him.
The case falls within investigations linked to grave human rights violations. Forced disappearance is among the most serious crimes in Peruvian and international law, and the courts have chosen not to grant the accused the benefits that the questioned norm could have provided.
Source: Google News PE — Crime