Parot Doctrine prisoners released: ETA member Juan Píriz López and a serial rapist
Friday, October 25, 2013 @ 8:18 PM
ANOTHER member of Basque terrorist cell ETA, as well as a serial rapist who has 'not been rehabilitated', have been released from prison as a result of the Strasbourg verdict overturning the so-called Parot Doctrine.
The Doctrine reduces early release by applying 'good behaviour' time credit to the actual sentence – often hundreds or even thousands of years – rather than to the custodial sentence to be served, which is always a maximum of 30 years.
But now, early-release credit will be applied to the 30-year term, meaning many prisoners – particularly at least 55 members of ETA – have already been inside for longer than they would have been if the Doctrine had not been used.
As a result, all those who are eligible are now applying for release.
Two high-profile ETA terrorists have already been set free – Antonio Troitiño, now living in London, and Inés del Río Prada, both former members of the bloodthirsty Madrid Commando and responsible for a series of bombings in the mid-1980s which killed 24 people.
Juan Manuel Píriz López is due out, having served 29 years and eight months, although he would have been freed in four months in any case, even without any 'good behaviour' early release.
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