2023-08-27 11:42:30
After six hours of intense deliberation, the popular jury issued its verdict declaring Mauricio Nicolás Baez guilty for the simple homicide of Ricardo Herrera and the negligent minor injuries committed against Daniela Cañuqueo. The tragic incident, which took place on May 30, 2021 at the intersection of Otto Goedecke and Los Notros streets, shocked the Bariloche community.
The jury announced its verdict after 11:30 p.m., after a trial that lasted several weeks. During the process, approximately thirty witnesses gave their testimony, including relatives of the victim and expert experts. The final arguments of the parties culminated in the definition of the final deliberation instructions for the jury.
The elected president of the People’s Jury read the verdict in an atmosphere of palpable tension in the courtroom. The defendant, Mauricio Nicolás Baez, was represented by the official defenders Nelson Vigueras and Mónica Goye, while the Public Prosecutor’s Office was headed by the chief prosecutor Betiana Cendón and the case prosecutor Marcos Sosa Lukman.
The sentence marked another milestone in the implementation of the trial by jury system in the province of Río Negro, which was launched in 2020 as part of a criminal procedure reform that seeks to guarantee transparency and citizen participation in the justice system. This verdict is the eleventh case tried by juries since the introduction of this modality in 2019.
Concluded the jury phase, The parties will have five business days to present new evidence before the caesura trial begins, where the technical judge, Marcelo Alvarez Melinger, will determine the penalty that Mauricio Nicolás Baez will face for the charges declared in the verdict.
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