Rapist leaves prison under 'chemical castration'

Martínez Singul

BARCELONA Alejandro Martínez Singul, will be leaving the prison, where he has spent the last three years, tomorrow. He had been sentenced to, and has completed, three years after being found guilty of the attempted rape of a 12-year-old girl. He was previously sentenced to 65 years for 10 rapes, for which he paid the maximum time of 16 years. He has never been allowed out because of fears that he would reoffend due to his uncontrollable sexual desire. However, he has been taking part voluntarily in a programme that includes the use of chemicals that inhibit sexual desire, as well as intensive psycho- therapy.

'Revisable' life sentences announced for terrorism and child murder

Changes to Criminal Code to apply these sentences to cases of assassination, genocide and crimes against humanity

MADRID Spain's Criminal, or Penal, Code is to undergo significant changes, some of which we have dealt with in other items. Perhaps the most significant of these changes is in what is being called permanent revisable prison sentences, which is to be applied not only to murder by terrorists but also to the more serious cases of child murder and to those of genocide, assassination and crimes against humanity. This was the essence of the Minister of Justice's press conference that followed the Council of Ministers meeting last week. He said, too, that the permanent 'revisable' prison sentence is similar to life sentences in other countries. And another form of sentence is introduced: the so-called security custody.COMING SOON: SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION>>>