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...This is the second part of a two-part series. For Part One, see "When Motherhood Gets You Jail Time...
...road to jail for April Griffin began soon after her son Jesse was born, though she would have never guessed it at the time. Because she had sought state aide for medical coverage for the child, the state brought suit to determine paternity. She said she signed the petition because she was told she had to, though she said she had not wanted child support from the boy's biological father...
Then, after nearly 10 months in jail, Volz was vindicated on Dec. 14 by an Appeals Court in Granada, which ruled in a 2-1 split decision to absolve him of all charges, while upholding the sentence against Chamorro. Yet before Volz's release papers could be signed, his voluminous case file was mysteriously "lost," prompting his lawyers to cry foul. In the meantime, even though his passport has been ordered returned to him, he has not been allowed out of jail and cannot leave Nicaragua because the judge at his original trial has not signed off on the release...
...Volz a Merry Christmas with his family back home. Most comments, however, expressed outrage at what many consider to be corrupt judicial system. "Justice here is like a snake, it only bites those who are barefoot," one reader posted, referring to popular notion here than only the poor do jail time. Similar ire was expressed by the Sandinista government's Chief Prosecutor Julio Centeno, who called the decision a "barbarity," and Human Rights Ombudsman and former guerrilla leader Omar Cabezas, who said Volz should not be allowed to leave the country...
...chat-log records to prove his alibi - evidence that was dismissed by the judge presiding over his murder trial. Rodriguez, however, found that alibi more compelling, despite other inconsistencies in the case. "It's better to have 100 guilty people on the street than one innocent person in jail," Rodriguez told TIME...