The Judicial Branch Council has reacted after it learned that the United States has removed travel visas to three judges that had issued a sentence favoring accused drug trafficker Winston Rizik.
The Judicial Branch Council (CPJ) on Tuesday, 28 February 2017, ordered an investigation into the legal procedures and processes followed by the three Court of Appeals of the Province of Santo Domingo Penal Chamber that annulled the jail sentences of Winston Rizik Rodríguez and his brother Nelson Rizik accused of drug trafficking.
The Council presided by the president of the Supreme Court of Justice, Mariano Germán Mejía, ordered the investigation of judges Manuel del Socorro Pérez García, Saulo Ysabel Díaz and Rosaly Yovianka Stefani Brito. In their ruling, the judges ordered the case reviewed from its beginning to final, controversial ruling.
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http://www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2017/03/01/455974/investigaran-jueces-anularon-sentencia
2 March 2017
