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j)
the Office of the Public Prosecutor did not request an extension of the
indictment in the terms of Articles 373 and 374 of the Code of Criminal
Procedures, regarding the aggravating circumstance of dangerousness, so
that the court could have that circumstance as proven in the judgment;
k)
no legal decision can be based on the private convincing of the judge or
in judgments that the defense has not had the chance to contradict, as
occurred in the present case: the conviction of Mr. Fermín Ramírez does not
include any objective data legally introduced into the process that can be
considered suitable to produce a true or probable knowledge regarding the
criminal dangerousness of the convicted party;
l)
the State’s judicial bodies acted in a discriminatory manner. In other
cases judgments have been annulled due to lack of an accusation and
summons of criminal dangerousness in the indictment. Likewise, the Court of
Appeals has annulled, in a similar case, the imposition of the death penalty
because there was not a prior and detailed communication regarding the
aggravating circumstance of dangerousness;
Regarding the violation to Article 8(2)(c) of the Convention
m)
the prior and detailed knowledge of the indictment against Mr. Fermín
Ramírez, regarding the possible legal classification of murder and the
aggravating circumstance of dangerousness, would have allowed the defense
counsel to request the suspension of the debate and the preparation of
evidence for the defense;
n)
the fact that Mr. Fermín Ramírez was never warned that the crime for
which he was being tried implied the possibility of imposing the death
penalty, made the defense counsel consider that it was unnecessary to
request the suspension of the debate and offer specific evidence regarding
the determination of the sentence;
Regarding the violation of Article 8(2)(f) of the American Convention
o)
the Courts of Justice violated the right to the presumption of innocence,
since they considered the defendant’s dangerousness proven without the
existence of specific evidence of it, based simply on the “subjective and
irrational” appreciation of the Trial Court;
p)
according to the principle of presumption: 1) the guilt of the defendant
must be established beyond reasonable doubt; 2) the defendant must enjoy
the benefit of doubt; and 3) the burden of evidence lies on the prosecution,
who must destroy the presumption that exists in favour of the defendant;
Regarding the violations of Articles 25 and 8(2)(h) of the American
Convention
q)
the right to appeal the judgment before the judge or higher courts is an
essential element of the due process and has a non-revocable nature;
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