Criminal law

Cybercrime and abuse in criminal investigation To the much-used argument –markly radical and erroneously utilitarian– that without the use of certain “marginal” means of police investigation, currently magnified to unstoppable levels by technological development, judges would lack the necessary and sufficient evidence means to impart “true justice”, we would immediately have to oppose , that […]

Capital punishment and euthanasia We all know perfectly well that in Spain, currently, there is no death penalty, also dominated in the Anglo-Saxon world “capital punishment” (capital punishment). What we do already have is the “revisable permanent prison”… Article 15 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 enshrines the “right to life…with the death penalty being

The right of victims to the last word in court In the current criminal process in Spain, the defendants, in addition to being defended at all times and from the moment of their arrest by Abogado of your choice, article 739 and concordant Criminal Procedure Law, in a generous interpretation of those prescribed in articles

Criminal courts before covid-19 The “ZOOM” has already begun to operate as new and, in the present exceptional circumstances, almost essential jurisdictional material of support in some jurisdictions of the USA, both in ordinary trials before judges (“bench trials”) and in the more complicated Trials before the Court Popular, that, as we know that in

Confessions and false statements in criminal proceedings The article 406 of the still valid Criminal Procedure Law (RD September 14, 1882), contains an important guarantee regarding the main objective of the Criminal Law: “search for the Real Truth”…and with that end prescribes: “The defendant’s confession will not> dispense the Investigating Judge from carrying out all

Radical transformation of “litigation” As Court Lawyers, especially criminal lawyers, we have always liked to conceptualize ourselves and, even, internally visualize ourselves as “seasoned warriors of Justice “, that armed with powerful and convincing arguments, we boldly and courageously confront the powerful and insatiable “Accusing Dragon” represented by the State Attorney’s Office… But the truth