A 79-year-old man accused of a 16-year-old crime has been found languishing in the Dajabon jail. According to the Dominican Committee for Human Rights, he was arrested and accused of murder two decades ago but has never been tried. The man is being held in Dajabon as a ?preventive? measure to await his court date. In a separate case, the human rights group located another man who has spent 12 years awaiting his due process in the Montecristi jail. Neither of these cases is eligible for pardon because there have been no convictions, says Virgilio Almanzar, a member of the Pardons Board.
?Cosas veredes, Sancho? (True enough, Sancho.) From Don Quixote.
