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The Garzón Trial’s Final Week

Posted on 08/02/201210/03/2012 by markbtaylor

Today is the last of the three days for testimony before the Supreme Court in the case against Judge Baltasar Garzón. LoR Contributor Pia Navazo reports. The trial, one of three cases facing Judge Garzón, alleges the Judge abused his powers and violated Spain’s 1977 Amnesty Law by accepting to investigate crimes committed during the…

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Garzón – ‘Crimes of a Political Nature’

Posted on 03/02/201210/03/2012 by markbtaylor

The Spanish Supreme Court this week rejected Judge Baltasar Garzóns request for dismissal of the private prosecution against him. As Pia Navazo reports, Judge Garzón is far from alone in his struggle to defend his attempt to investigate crimes of the Franco era. In a majority decision of four to three, the judges on the…

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