Agresiones sexuales y prisión provisional
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La importancia que tienen las garantías procesales y sustantivas en un Estado de derecho, por
un lado, y la existencia de la institución de la prisión provisional en nuestro ordenamiento jurídico, por
otro, es un maridaje difícil de combinar. Cuando entramos en el ámbito de las agresiones sexuales, todavía
se acentúa más este desencuentro, toda vez que se trata de delincuencia que se comete en la “clandestinidad”
ordinariamente, y que es bastante frecuente que la declaración de la víctima sea la prueba esencial
sobre la que pivota la condena o la absolución del investigado. (Lo que la jurisprudencia viene llamando
“situaciones límite de crisis del derecho fundamental a la presunción de inocencia”). Esto hace que el empleo
de la prisión provisional en esta clase de delincuencia presente unos perfiles específicos que requieran
un estudio sosegado, sometiendo la institución de la prisión provisional al cedazo de la crítica.
The importance of procedural guarantees in the rule of law, on the one hand, and the existence of the institution of pre-trial detention in the Spanish legal system, on the other, is a difficult combination. Thus, when it comes to sexual aggression, this misunderstanding is even more accentuated, given that the crime is usually committed “clandestinely”, and the victim’s statement is often the essential evidence on which the conviction or acquittal of the person under investigation depends. (What jurisprudence has been calling “borderline situations of crisis of the fundamental right to the presumption of innocence”). The use of pre-trial detention in this type of crime presents specific profiles that require careful consideration, subjecting this institution of pre-trial detention to scrutiny.
The importance of procedural guarantees in the rule of law, on the one hand, and the existence of the institution of pre-trial detention in the Spanish legal system, on the other, is a difficult combination. Thus, when it comes to sexual aggression, this misunderstanding is even more accentuated, given that the crime is usually committed “clandestinely”, and the victim’s statement is often the essential evidence on which the conviction or acquittal of the person under investigation depends. (What jurisprudence has been calling “borderline situations of crisis of the fundamental right to the presumption of innocence”). The use of pre-trial detention in this type of crime presents specific profiles that require careful consideration, subjecting this institution of pre-trial detention to scrutiny.







