Life imprisonment in Spain

Life imprisonment in Spain was introduced by the Ley Orgánica 1/2015 in March 2015, effective from 1 July.[1] The sentence can be revised, so it is officially called "revisable permanent imprisonment" (Spanish: prisión permanente revisable).

History

The legislation establishing such a sentence was passed with 181 votes in favour, 138 against and two abstentions. All votes in favour came from the right-wing governing People's Party.[1]

Life imprisonment had previously been introduced in 1822 as a life sentence of forced labour, and in 1848 was revised as life in prison. In 1870, this was reformed to allow the possibility of parole after 30 years; at this time all life prisoners were detained in North Africa or the Canary Islands.[2]

In 1928, the military dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera removed life imprisonment from the statute books, though the death penalty remained. Capital punishment was retained under Francisco Franco, and the maximum prison sentence was of 30 years.[2] After the Spanish transition to democracy, the death penalty was abolished and the maximum prison sentence remained at 30 until November 2003, when the conservative government of José María Aznar increased it to 40 years for convicted terrorists.[2][3]

Cases

As of the start of December 2020, 20 people have been sentenced to a reviewable permanent prison sentence, under the 2015 legislation. Sixteen have been men, and four have been women. Seventeen have been Spanish and three foreign: Nogueira (Brazilian), Quezada (Dominican) and Ayad (Moroccan). As of December 2019, after the conviction for the high-profile murder of Diana Quer, Galicia and Andalusia were the autonomous communities with the most life sentences, with three each.[4] In only one case were two people convicted of the same crime (Pérez Vázquez and Jiménez Moraleda). Two convicts (Díaz and García Santana) have had their sentences revoked and replaced by determinate prison sentences.

  • David Oubel: First person to be sentenced to a PPR. He was convicted on 6 July 2017 for the murder of his two minor daughters.[5]
  • Sergio Díaz: Convicted on 23 March 2018 for killing his partner's disabled grandfather.[6] In January 2019, the Supreme Court quashed the sentence on a technicality due to the way in which the victim's disability was handled as an aggravating factor, and Díaz was instead sentenced to 24 years in prison.[7]
  • Daniel Montaño: Convicted on 26 September 2018 for murdering a 17-month-old girl.[8]
  • Marcos Miras: Convicted on 17 October 2018 for murdering his 11-year-old son.[9]
  • Patrick Nogueira: Convicted on 15 November 2018, three permanent prison sentences for killing his uncle and his two infant cousins, and another 24 years for the murder of his aunt.[10]
  • Pablo Catalán: Sentenced to reviewable permanent prison on 7 March 2019 for murdering and raping a woman.[11]
  • Francisco Salvador: First conviction for a case of gender violence. He was convicted on 7 April 2019 for murdering and raping his former partner.[12]
  • Enrique Romay Reina: Convicted on 24 April 2019 for attempted rape and subsequent murder of a woman.[13]
  • José Rafael García Santana: Convicted on 8 May 2019, for stabbing to death his disabled wife.[14] The sentence was annulled due to a lack of substantiation by the jury; in September 2020 in a retrial García Santana was sentenced to 23 years in prison.[15]
  • Roberto Hernández: Convicted on 5 June 2019 for raping and murdering his partner's daughter.[16]
  • Ana Julia Quezada: Convicted on 30 September 2019 for murdering her partner's son. She was the first woman to be sentenced to a PPR.[17]
  • Mounir Ayad: Convicted on 6 November 2019 for murdering his partner and son.[18]
  • José Enrique Abuín Gey, aka "El Chicle". Convicted on 17 December 2019 for the murder of Diana Quer.[19]
  • Ada de la Torre: Convicted on 27 December 2019 for murdering her 9-year-old daughter. Second woman to be sentenced to a PPR.[20]
  • Gonzalo S.C.: Convicted on 14 February 2020 for murdering his disabled aunt and partner, who died of multiple hemorrhages.[21]
  • Rubén Mañó: Convicted on 12 August 2020 of raping and murdering a 15-year-old female friend.[22]
  • Antonio Pérez Vázquez and Cristina Jiménez Moraleda: Convicted on 30 September 2020 of constant abuse and fatal strangling of the latter's two-year-old son.[23]
  • Iván Pardo Pena: Convicted on 7 October 2020 of abusing and murdering his 8-year-old niece.[24]
  • Alejandra García Peregrino: Convicted on 25 November 2020 of murdering her partner's 8-year-old foster son.[25]

References
  1. "El Congreso aprueba la prisión permanente revisable con el único apoyo del Partido Popular" [Congress approves permanent revisable prison with support only from the People's Party] (in Spanish). RTVE. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  2. "Una figura instaurada en 1822 y eliminada en 1928" [A statute installed in 1822 and abolished in 1928]. El País (in Spanish). 21 January 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. "Texto íntegro de la entrevista a José María Aznar" [Transcript of the interview with José María Aznar]. ABC (in Spanish). 29 December 2002. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  4. Vilas, Alberto (18 December 2019). "Galicia lidera la lista de condenados a permanente revisable" [Galicia leads the list of permanent revisable prison sentences]. El Progreso (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  5. "David Oubel, primer condenado a prisión permanente revisable" [David Oubel, first person sentence to permanent revisable prison]. Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). 6 July 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  6. "Dictan la segunda condena a prisión permanente revisable de España" [Second permanent revisable prison sentence enacted in Spain]. ABC (in Spanish). 23 March 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  7. "El Supremo revoca la primera prisión permanente que le toca revisar" [The Supreme Court quashes the first permanent revisable prison sentence that it had been handed to review]. El País (in Spanish). 24 January 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  8. "Condenado a prisión permanente revisable el asesino de la niña Alicia" [Murderer of the little girl Alicia sentenced to permanent revisable prison]. El Correo de Burgos (in Spanish). 27 September 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  9. "El Supremo confirma la prisión permanente para el hombre que mató a golpes a su hijo en A Coruña" [The Supreme Court confirms permanent prison for the man who beat his son to death in A Coruña]. El País (in Spanish). 17 January 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  10. "Condenado a prisión permanente revisable Patrick Nogueira, el autor de los crímenes de Pioz" [Patrick Nogueira, perpetrator of the crimes in Pioz, sentenced to permanent revisable prison] (in Spanish). RTVE. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  11. González, Germán (7 March 2019). "Primera condena en Cataluña a prisión permanente revisable" [First sentencing in Catalonia to permanent revisable prison]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  12. Blanco, Natalio (3 April 2019). "Prisión permanente revisable para el asesino y violador de su ex pareja" [Permanent revisable prison for the murderer and rapist of his ex-partner] (in Spanish). Diario 16. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  13. "Cadena perpetua para el asesino de una mujer en Pilas" [Life sentence for the murderer of a woman in Pilas]. Diario de Sevilla (in Spanish). 24 April 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  14. Muñoz-Lacuna, J. V. (8 May 2019). "Prisión permanente revisable por matar a puñaladas a su pareja discapacitada" [Permanent revisable prison for stabbing to death his disabled partner]. La Verdad (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  15. "Elude la prisión permanente revisable tras matar a su pareja enferma crónica" [Permanent revisable prison avoided after killing his chronically ill partner]. Diario Sur (in Spanish). 21 September 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  16. Gálvez, J. J. (5 June 2019). "Prisión permanente para el hombre que violó y mató de una "salvaje" paliza a la hija de su pareja" [Permanent prison for the man who raped and killed with a "savage" beating his partner's daughter]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  17. Pozas, Alberto (16 December 2020). "El Supremo confirma la prisión permanente revisable a Ana Julia Quezada por asesinar al niño Gabriel" [The Supreme Court confirms permanent revisable prison for Ana Julia Quezada for murdering little Gabriel] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  18. Echaluce, Alberto (6 November 2019). "Prisión permanente revisable para el asesino de la eibarresa Rakel López y su hijo Markel" [Permanent revisable prison for the murderer of Rakel López from Eibar and her son Markel]. El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  19. "Prisión permanente revisable para El Chicle por el asesinato de Diana Quer" [Permanent revisable prison for El Chicle for the murder of Diana Quer]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 17 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  20. Navarro, Juan (27 December 2019). "Condenada a prisión permanente revisable la madre que mató a su hija en Bilbao" [Mother who killed her daughter in Bilbao sentenced to permanent revisable prison]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  21. "Prisión permanente revisable para Gonzalo por asesinar a su tía, Rosa María, en Ofra" [Permanent revisable prison for Gonzalo for murdering his aunt, Rosa María, in Ofra]. Diario de Avisos (in Spanish). 15 February 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  22. "Prisión permanente revisable para Rubén Mañó por violar y matar a una joven de 15 años en Chella" [Permanent revisable prison for Rubén Mañó for raping and killing a 15-year-old girl in Chella] (in Spanish). Telecinco. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  23. Alarcón, M. (1 October 2020). "Condenan a prisión permanente revisable a los padres acusados de asesinar a su hijo en Elche" [Parents accused of murdering their son in Elche sentenced to permanent revisable prison]. La Opinión de Murcia (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  24. "Prisión permanente revisable para el asesino de la niña Naiara" [Permanent revisable prison for the murderer of little Naiara]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 7 October 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  25. Marlasca, Manu (30 November 2020). "Prisión permanente revisable" [Permanent revisable prison] (in Spanish). La Sexta. Retrieved 29 December 2020.

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