11 children, as they become older, may understand the mistake he made when he abandoned them. He regrets having been convicted to death without having been informed of it at the time of the debate and without having had the opportunity to defend himself, which he considers were mistakes of the authorities. The imposition of the death penalty is useless, since “it will never change the world.” Those sentenced to death carry a very heavy load and suffer an illness, since they always think about the sentence and in what their families and children will think. He trusts the people that are fighting for his “forgiveness” and has hopes because his case is “blooming”. b) Expert report of Mr. Alejandro E. Álvarez, specialist in Criminal Law The expert witness referred to the way in which the crimes of aggravated rape and murder are regulated in Guatemala, the difference in the sentences contemplated for them, the aggravating circumstances that permit the application of the death penalty, and their relationship with the exercise of the right to a defense and the right to a fair trial in the criminal process, especially in the processes for crimes for which the death penalty may be imposed. He also referred to the supposition of social dangerousness, which in his opinion contains elements contrary to the fundamental principles of human rights. Likewise, he made an analysis of the specific case of Mr. Fermín Ramírez, in which he pointed out the irregularities in which, in his opinion, the legal authorities had incurred. c) Expert report of Mr. César Barrientos Pellecer, specialist in Criminal Procedural Law The expert witness referred to the forms of the Guatemalan criminal procedures, specifically to those regarding the modification of the attributable acts and their legal classification. He mentioned that the Code of Criminal Procedures of Guatemala did not establish a real system for the presentation of charges due, inter alia, to the real misunderstanding about it, the fears due to the lack of participation of the judge in the investigation, the doubts over the performance of the Office of the Public Prosecutor, and the national legal tradition based on the interference of the judge in the investigation. The expert witness made an analysis of Mr. Fermín Ramírez’s specific case, where he pointed out the irregularities in which, in his opinion, the legal authorities had incurred. d) Expert report of Mr. Rodolfo Kepfer Rodríguez, Pschyiatrist The expert, based on the interviews he had with Mr. Fermín Ramírez, Mrs. Ana Lucrecia Sis and Fernando, Marvin, and Eliseo Adonai Ramírez Sis, referred to the psychiatric damage and suffering experimented by Mr. Fermín Ramírez and his next of kin as a consequence of him being on death row.