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"I'm grateful that Robert Sylvester Kelly is away and will stay away and will not be able to harm anyone else", says Lizzette Martinez, a victim of R. Kelly after the disgraced R&B singer was sentenced to 30 years in prison for leading a decades-long effort to recruit and trap teenagers and women for sex. SOUNDBITE
Zacatecoluca, Jun 7 (EFE).- A Salvadoran woman serving a 30-year prison term for allegedly aborting the fetus she was carrying was released on Monday after the Attorney General's Office decided not to overturn the conditional release granted her by a court.The Public Ministry reported Friday that it would not appeal the ruling because "there are no elements on which to base the said appeal, since it fulfills all the requirements to provide her with the benefit (of conditional release)."Sara Rogel was sentenced to 30 years behind bars in September 2013 and had her sentence commuted last January, meaning that her sentence was reduced to 10 years, according to what lawyer Karla Vaquerano told reporters on Monday. (Camera: VLADIMIR CHICAS).SHOT LIST: SARA ROGEL, A WOMEN WHO WAS SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS IN JAIL OVER ABORTION, WAS RELEASED FROM ZACATECOLUCA PENITENTIARY FARM, IN ZACATECOLUCA, EL SALVADOR. SOUND BITE: LAWYER KARLA VAQUERANO (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATION: Sara was granted conditional release. Thanks to the commutation of sentences, she no longer has to serve 30 years in jail. Her sentence is now reduced to 10 years.
Santiago, Mar 4 (EFE).- The Chilean state apologized 30 years ago for the brutal repression of suspected political opponents during Gen. Augusto Pinochet's 1973-1990 dictatorship and spearheaded a process of democratic transition and national reconciliation, although rights organizations say key recommendations of a truth commission's report on that era have gone unfulfilled.(CAMERA: Jose Caviedes)
Buenos Aires, Feb 18 (EFE).- A court in Buenos Aires handed down sentences ranging from six months to life in prison Thursday to eight people for more than 800 crimes committed at the most notorious chamber of horrors of Argentina's 1976-1983 military regime.(CAMERA: Alberto Caratozzolo)
Kyrgyzstan's former president is sentenced to 11 years in jail over the illegal release of a crime boss, a case that caused a violent power struggle with his successor. The presiding judge at a court in the capital Bishkek handed Almazbek Atambayev the sentence of 11 years and two months and ruled the ex-leader be stripped of all state honours as well as his homes and businesses. IMAGES
The head of the main opposition party in Istanbul to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison. IMAGES
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