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Senate committee presses Justice secretary to testify in Ley 25 probe after release tied to alleged feminicide
Summary
A Senate joint committee investigating Ley 25 (1992) said the Justice secretary declined to appear publicly; lawmakers scheduled a compelled appearance and moved to continue in executive session after linking a release under Ley 25 to an alleged feminicide.
The joint Commission on Community Initiatives, Mental Health and Addiction, and Legal and Economic Development of the Senate of Puerto Rico convened Sept. 19 to examine whether Ley 25 of 1992 and related administrative practices led to the early release of inmates and whether those processes should be amended. Presiding Senator opened the hearing and said the committee was acting under Senate Resolution 933.
The committee read a letter it received Sept. 18 from Secretary of Justice Domingo Emanuel Hernández informing the panel he would not appear at the scheduled public hearing. The Presiding Senator read the text for the record and stressed the legislature’s investigatory powers, saying the Secretary’s legal views are “medular” to any proposed changes to Ley 25. The transcript notes the Secretary is a long-practicing attorney; the letter, as…
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