Almeida Teles and Ivan Akselrud de Seixas, who identified Pedro Antonio Mira Grancieri as one of the perpetrators of the torture they suffered while being detained. 225 119. On May 11, 1992, the Public Prosecutor’s Office requested that Mira Grancieri report to the Police Unit “to be identified by those witnesses.” 226 Nevertheless, on August 24, 1992, Mira Grancieri’s attorney advised that he would not report to the Police Unit or testify in Police Inquiry No. 487/92. 227 120. On July 11, 1992, the Judge of the 1st Jury Chamber [1ª Vara do Júri] of São Paulo granted an extension of an additional 60 days to continue the investigations. 228 However, on July 21, 1992, a petition seeking a writ of habeas corpus was filed on behalf of Pedro Antonio Mira Grancieri, the argument being that the facts being examined in that police inquiry had already been examined in the military police investigation, which had been closed. It was also argued that the military courts – not the regular courts- would have jurisdiction over any new investigation into the facts. It was also alleged that Law 6.683/79, known as the Amnesty Law, would preclude any investigation into the facts.229 121. On October 13, 1992, the 4th Criminal Chamber of the São Paulo State Court [4ª Câmara Criminal do Tribunal de Justiça do Estado de São Paulo] unanimously agreed to grant the writ of habeas corpus and close Police Inquiry No. 487/92, in application of Law 6.683/79, the Amnesty Law. 230 The Office of the Attorney General appealed that decision on January 28, 1993. 231 On August 18, 1993, the Fifth Rotation of the Superior Court of Justice [Quinta Turma do Superior Tribunal de Justiça] (STJ) confirmed the decision of the São Paulo State Court that ordered the closed [trancamento] of the police inquiry no. 487-92 initiated by the Civil Police.232 iv. Acknowledgement of responsibility under Law 9.140/1995 (Special Commission on Political Deaths and Disappearances) 122. Law No. 9.140 was enacted in 1995 and recognized as “deceased those persons who were disappeared because of having participated in or being accused of having participated in political activities during the period from September 2, 1961 to August 15, 1979.”233 Law No. 9.140 created the “Special Commission on Political Deaths and Disappearances” (CEMDP). Its functions included the following: “take steps to acknowledge those persons […] who, after having participated in or having been accused of participating in political activities in the period between September 2, 1961 and August 15, 1979, have died from unnatural causes on police premises or the like.” 234 225 Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 5, fls. 876/879 – Declaración de Maria Amélia de Almeida Teles e Ivan Akselrud de Seixas en el Inquérito Policial No 704/92, del 28 de mayo de 1992. 226 Texto original: “[s]ubmetido a reconhecimento pessoal por parte das mencionadas testemunhas”. Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 5, fls. 865 – Requisição de oitiva de Pedro Mira Grancieri en el Inquérito Policial No 704/92, del 11 de mayo de 1992. 227 Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 6, fls. 1168 – Certidão confirmando que Pedro Mira Grancieri no se presentaría a la policía para rendir declaraciones, del 24 de agosto de 1992. 228 Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 5, fls. 968-969, Informaciones presentadas por el Juez Juvenal José Duarte, del 30 de julio de 1992. 229 Habeas Corpus a favor de Pedro Antonio Mira Grancieri No. 131.798/3-4-SP, del 21 de julio de 1992. 230 Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 6, fls. 1191/1198, Sentencia en el juicio de habeas corpus No 131.798/3-4-SP, del 13 de octubre de 1992. 231 Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 6, fls. 1208, Recurso Especial contra la Sentencia en el juicio de habeas corpus, del 28 de enero de 1993 232 Proceso No. 2008.61.81.013434-2 Justiça Federal - São Paulo, Volume 6, fls. 1232/1242, Sentencia del Superior Tribunal de Justicia, en el Recurso Especial No. 33.782-7-SP, del 18 de agosto de 1993. 233 Texto original: “[c]omo mortas pessoas desaparecidas em razão de participação, ou acusação de participação, em atividades políticas, no período de 2 de setembro de 1961 a 15 de agosto de 197[9]”. Brasil. Presidência da República. Ley No. 9.140 del 4 de diciembre de 1995. 234 Texto original del artículo 4º, inciso I, alínea b, de la Ley 9.140/95: “I. Proceder ao reconhecimento de pessoas: [...] b) que, por terem participado, ou por terem sido acusadas de participação, em atividades politicas, no período de 2 de setembro de 1961 a 15 de agosto de 1979, tenham falecido, por causas não naturais, em dependências policiais ou assemelhadas.” Brasil. Presidência da República. Ley No. 9.140, artículo 4º, I, b, del 4 de diciembre de 1995. Es pertinente mencionar que referida Ley posteriormente fue modificada por la Ley 10.536/2002 y por la Ley 10.875/2004. 29