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In a recent lecture given in Mallorca, one of the members of the Platform, Angel Luis Ortiz Delgado, Judge at the Court No. prison supervision. Madrid 1, more than 28 years of experience, he argued the importance of building or place more emphasis on restorative justice from mediation and methods based on non-violent dialogue strategies.

* He explained that currently, the application of criminal law is approached as an inverted pyramid. Be located above the widest part, or the judicial power in the right half and in the narrowest part, the tip, is the interest of the victim. And this group proposed that the pyramid is reversed, and the widest part and important is the interest of the victim. Read the rest of this entry »

The Platform is Possible Another Criminal Law explains that Spain is one of the countries of the EU in which the higher the deviation between the offenses, the subjective perception of insecurity and the use of prison, that ignorance and fear is exploited by politicians of all sign for electioneering and that we must fight “representative from prison, and the use of criminal law merely symbolic because the problems are not resolved or only or mainly with the adoption of criminal laws .

The Platform calls for an informed and calm debate on imprisonment and punishment, and thus seek to remove the false myths created around the criminal justice system who are these 13, each of which is explained in depth here: Read the rest of this entry »

POSSIBLE CRIMINAL LAW: prison is not the only solution, nor the best

“Spain has a much lower crime rate than the European average (in the United Kingdom doubled ours) and a downward trend in crime for 20 years. However, 90% of citizens believe the country is becoming more dangerous and a higher percentage of prisoners than any other European country: the figure has increased fourfold in 30 years ”

“Society seems to believe that the prison is full of very dangerous criminals, but not true. The vast majority are imprisoned for drug offenses or against property. The prison should be used when really necessary. Not valid for all ”

“The prison is hard. Society is not aware of what it means to be imprisoned, it is a vital devastation ” Read the rest of this entry »