The CGPJ figures in 721 the sentence reductions and in 74 the releases by the 'law of only yes is yes'

It warns that it has not been possible to collect data from all judicial bodies

The General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) reported this Thursday that up to March 1 there had been 721 sentence reductions and 74 releases due to the revisions made by the so-called 'law of only yes is yes', according to the data that has been collected from the courts.

The governing body of the judges specifies that the Supreme Court has carried out 10 sentence reductions without promoting any release, while the Superior Courts of Justice (TSJ) have reduced sentences in 37 cases, leading to a release from prison. The bulk is concentrated in the provincial hearings, with 674 reductions and 73 releases.

It also specifies that the data includes, in addition to reductions and releases, "the reported acquittals" as a consequence "of the declassification of the crime of sexual abuse committed by deception with minors between 16 and 18, punished in article 182.2 of the Penal Code prior to the reform operated by Organic Law 10/2022".

However, it warns that "not all judicial bodies have provided this information." It clarifies that "there is no global data available on matters already reviewed, pending or pending review by the judicial bodies", indicating that "some of these have expressed the difficulty that the strike that the Lawyers of the Administration of Justice maintain supposes" in that sense.

Along the same lines, it emphasizes that "the data offered does not include the sentence reviews that may have been processed by the criminal courts, competent to prosecute crimes against sexual freedom punishable by up to 5 years in prison, given the difficulty of collecting this information. of single-member bodies".

In any case, the CGPJ has informed that its Permanent Commission has agreed in its conclave this Thursday that "this information will be updated periodically and made public."

However, it highlights that "the judicial bodies of Madrid have reported that up to the date of data submission -February 16-- they had processed 84% of the resolutions subject to review of which they were aware, while the Supreme Court has reported that there are 224 pending appeals in which the parties have been notified to make allegations (...) in the specific matter, 26 having been resolved up to the date of data delivery".

In addition, it warns that "against the resolutions issued by the provincial courts in the review process there are the same appeals as against the judgments of the first instance."

"Thus, in those cases in which the Superior Court of Justice has revoked, by way of appeal, a sentence of the provincial court that had agreed to a reduction in sentence, said reduction has been deducted from the global calculation offered by the data," Explain.

And he adds that, "in the same way, the data corresponding to the TSJ may reflect resolutions that have upheld the appeal filed against a resolution of the provincial court in which the sentence reduction was denied."