86 “publication of offenses,” criminalized in Article 152 of the Penal Code, are to be eliminated, especially when the publication is about public officials or persons who voluntarily expose themselves to public scrutiny; and iii) the “test of truth” or exceptio veritatis is made to conform to the normal rules for distribution of the burden of proof and that in public interest cases such as the instant case, it be the alleged aggrieved party who must prove the alleged offending party’s mens rea; g) they petitioned the Court to order the State to adopt the reforms needed so that domestic law comports with the Convention on the matter of judicial guarantees, especially the guarantee of a “full and effective” remedy against a criminal conviction delivered by a court of first instance, and to ensure that that the possibilities of judicial remedy be developed beyond the extraordinary remedy of cassation, with all the limitations inherent therein; h) as one measure of satisfaction, the alleged victims’ representatives asked the Court to order the State to publicly acknowledge the human rights violations it had committed, to “offer adequate means of satisfaction to Mr. Mauricio Herrera Ulloa” and to publish the judgment delivered by the InterAmerican Court; i) given the “imminence of the impending enforcement of the civil damages ordered in the November 12, 1999 judgment, should that happen the State should compensate those whom that ruling found to be jointly and severally liable, namely Mssrs. Mauricio Herrera Ulloa and Fernán Vargas Rohrmoser, as well as the newspaper “La Nación”, in the amount of sixty million colones –which sum should be adjusted to the actual value of the currency at the time the payment is made- plus the corresponding interest. The same compensation should be paid as repayment in the event of enforcement of award for personal damages and court costs ordered in the amount of three million eight hundred ten thousand colones and one million colones, respectively; j) moral damage has been sustained in the form of the impact that the human rights violation has had on Mr. Mauricio Herrera Ulloa’s practice of journalism and the personal effects that he suffered as a result of the November 12, 1999 conviction, especially given his profession, where “the journalist’s credibility and personal image are paramount”; k) the representatives petitioned the Court to order the State to make compensation for the moral damage caused to Mr. Herrera Ulloa “by his prosecution, conviction, and his listing in the Judiciary’s Record of Convicted Felons”; and l) under expenses incurred, they petitioned the Court to order the sum of US$ 17,849.90 (seventeen thousand eight hundred forty-nine dollars and ninety cents), which covers transportation, lodging, telephone and meals during the representatives’ trips to Washington, D.C. and San José; they also informed the Court that they were not filing a claim for attorneys’ fees. Pleadings of the State