translated from Spanish: Supreme Court acquitted Francisca Diaz’s conviction for exposing sexual abuse

shock caused at the time the decision sentence to 3 years and a day to Francisca Díaz, the young law student who reported a sexual assault, both so for months the #FranciscaYoTeCreo took up social networks and various areas in the country. Francisca received in response to his complaint a complaint, whose sentence convicted libelous accusation, decision that today was finally overturned by the final cut Suprema.En the Criminal Chamber of the judicial institution decided to accommodate the recourse to annul presented by advocates of Francisca and rendered a judgment of replacement that absolves it of charges. Before the higher instance was represented – pro bono – by a prestigious team of four lawyers of the law firm Albagli Zaliasnik.Ante this situation the lawyer Gabriel Zaliasnik, one of the lawyers in the case, said half the third that “this sentence sets an important precedent. Here we attempt to use the criminal process to intimidate Francisca questioning their testimony have suffered a sexual assault. The situation was very serious matter that in the future women abused as Francisca would fear to testify before the Public Ministry because of the risk of being exposed to a severe penalty for alleged libelous accusation”. And he added that “he has put things in place dictating an unprecedented acquittal”. Finally Zaliasnik “The Supreme warned Pto Montt Oral Court mistakenly transformed the case at public credibility of Francisca trial and not a judgement with respect to the content of his statement on the investigation for the crime of rape”.

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