They dismiss the judge who released a rapist because he had used a condom in Argentina

a provincial court Argentina of Santa Fe (center) dismissed Judge Rodolfo Mingarini, accused of eleven cases of poor performance in the exercise of his position, including the release of a person accused of rape because he used a condom, judicial sources confirmed on Thursday.

The scandal broke in June of last year, when the magistrate in question declared the lack of merit in a case of sexual abuse because the accused used a condom, dismissing all the evidence of the Prosecutor’s Office.

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“I can’t understand how if he’s going to have forced intercourse, and pushing and subduing her, he takes the time… I can’t reconstruct how he puts on the condom and then advance on the body of the victim, who, according to what is here, refused. The truth is that this is where I have the greatest doubt”, assured Mingarini during the course of an oral hearing.

Following these statements, the attorney for the Supreme Court of Justice of Santa Fe, Jorge Barraguirre, launched an impeachment trial against Mingariniwho was later tried by a court composed of the members of the Court, two provincial legislators and two district attorneys.

Speaking to the TN news channel, Barraguirre said Thursday that as a result of this case they found another ten additional causes against Mingariniwhere “the same pattern of analysis” of the evidence of the Public Prosecutor’s Office could be glimpsed.

“The Prosecutor’s Offices had physical, corroborative evidence of the statements of boys and girls (victims of abuse) and, however, Dr. Mingarini was seen fighting against that evidence and systematically biasing his analysis.”, asserted the attorney.

The reasons for dismissing a judge from the province of Santa Fe, according to the provincial Constitution, not only refer to his conduct, but also to his performance during the hearings, in which the magistrates must have “empathy” and “build trust”. ” on the accused.

“His way of reasoning, of disregarding the statements of boys, girls and corroborating physical evidence, generated a problem of trust towards the Judiciary,” said Barraguirre, adding that this dismissal was a “historic” and “very transcendent” event. for the province.

Source: Elcomercio

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