By The Star Staff
During a government transition hearing earlier this week, Justice Secretary Domingo Emanuelli Hernández presented a report that highlighted all the goals reached by the agency during the current four-year term, 2021-2024.
The official stressed that during the years 2021 to 2024, the Department of Justice has reached and sustained a conviction rate of 94% in criminal cases under judgment.
That is true, Emanuelli Hernández noted on Tuesday, despite the judicial norm that requires unanimous verdicts in jury trials. During the same period, 13 district attorneys have presented 85,969 cases in island courts.
Among the cases currently in process are those involving leaders of dangerous criminal organizations dedicated to violent crimes and trafficking of controlled substances, as well as intra family crimes, the Justice chief said.
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