Kids, eh?
Chatting to a friend tonight. Her youngest (11) wants to become a Judge, and is earnestly studying towards this goal. What does her eldest (13) want to be? Eh….. wherever my sister can enchufarme. 🙂
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Judges petition for politicians not to escape jail by asking for pardon
So… Spain has an interesting little law that says that politicians sent to jail for corruption, shouldn’t actually be locked up if their petition for a public pardon be accepted (it always is.. sigh) until the decision comes through. And normally… the decision is that they should be pardoned….. Hey, did you know the current Mayor of Turre was pardoned once? After being banned from office? And yet, still gets voted in? Probably because he’s Continue reading Judges petition for politicians not to escape jail by asking for pardon
Still no date for opening of new county courts
Luis Pizarro – no, not the Incan conqueror, the Andalucian Minister of Justice- was in town recently for a ganders at the new county courts, a vast 30,000 m2 building that has been completed on the Ronda in Almería. The Cuidad de Justicia, on which work has now been completed, still has no date for the opening, and Luis refused to be drawn on a date. This follows on, and partly prompted, the whinging from Continue reading Still no date for opening of new county courts
Almeria courts have collapsed
It appears that the court system in Almería have collapsed, with the courts giving out trial dates for late 2013. So, if you lodge your case today – Sept 2010 – you’ll have to wait over three years before it even gets to a judge, according to the judicial head of Almeria, Luis Miguel Columna. The Judicial Association say that it’s not their fault, but rather that they are overloaded and understaffed. D. Columna points Continue reading Almeria courts have collapsed