Judge left innocent man in jail for more than a year

Paul Hamilos
London Guardian
Friday November 30, 2007

A Spanish judge has been disbarred after she apparently forgot to order the release of three prisoners, including an innocent man who spent more than a year in prison.

The General Council for Judicial Power (CGPJ), the body that oversees the judiciary, voted to disbar Judge Adelina Entrena Corrillo, head of the criminal court of Motril in Granada, in what was described as one of the most serious sanctions ever imposed in the council's history.

The decision was taken on the basis of the cases of two men who were held in prison for more than a month after their due release dates.
But, in a case that could not be considered by the CGPJ because it has not yet gone before the high court in Andalucía, Entrena is also accused of leaving a man in prison for 437 days, despite having found him not guilty herself.

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