The sentence reductions for violators due to the 'yes is yes' law continue to increase: the CGPJ already computes 1,079
The first balance of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) on the law of only yes is yes, made public last March, showed 721 sentence reductions applied to sexual offenders. In April, the sentence reductions rose to 978. Now there are already 1,079, according to the latest count of the governing body of judges published this Thursday.
The law that, according to its promoter, Minister Irene Montero, was not going to produce “a single reduction in sentences” and to say otherwise was “sexist propaganda” has not only resulted in the reduction of sentences for more than 1,000 sexual offenders but, in addition, 108 have had to be released for having finished serving their sentences earlier.
CGPJ sources indicate that it is foreseeable that the negative effects of the 'only yes is yes' law will continue to occur because the Provincial Courts continue to review final sentences. In Madrid alone, 187 files are being processed. In all of Spain there are more than 200.
Irene Montero said that there was not going to be “a single reduction in sentences”
In total, 2,154 final convictions have been reviewed so far. In 31.9% of them the sentence imposed has been reduced as the classification of the law promoted by the Ministry of Equality is more favorable to the aggressor.
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The norm was changed on April 26 at the initiative of the socialist part of the Government -and thanks to the votes of the PP-, once again raising the penalties for sexual crimes so that in the new crimes that are committed from now on the taxable penalty is not less.
'Only if yes' law enforcement data./
Of the sentences reviewed until May 1, 2,138 correspond to the Provincial Courts. These bodies have agreed to 940 sentence reductions, as a result of which 103 sexual offenders who were in prison have taken to the streets.
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The largest number of reduced sentences is recorded in Madrid (126), Alicante (55), Valencia (54), Cádiz (49), Barcelona (47), the Balearic Islands (46) and Vizcaya (42).
The most numerous releases have occurred in Madrid (16), Cádiz (8), Burgos (7), Vizcaya, Seville and the Balearic Islands (6) and Murcia and Castellón (5).
The Superior Courts of Justice have agreed on 118 sentence reviews, which has led to 5 releases.
The Supreme Court has lowered 20 sentences and the National Court, one.