Wanda Vázquez Garced pardons Ashley Marie Torres Feliciano on parole

Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced today accepted a petition for pardon from Ashley Marie Torres Feliciano, the young mother, victim of domestic violence, who was sentenced to 111 years after being convicted as a co-author of a murder.

The information was confirmed The new day by sources. The fort has not yet been confirmed.

The grant of leniency by the rulers is under Article 4 of the Constitution of Puerto Rico. This power allows them to suspend, pardon, commute sentences and condone fines and confiscations, in whole or in part, for crimes committed in violation of the law.

Torres Feliciano is pardoned, which means that when he is released from prison, he must meet certain conditions.

The prisoner is currently 28 years old and is in the Bayamón Correctional Complex. El Nuevo Día learned that Torres Feliciano would be released next Monday, January 4.

On December 23, Governor and lawyer Julio Fontanet met in La Fortaleza to discuss the matter. ‘Meeting with Lcdo. Julio Fontanet from the Innocence Project on various issues. Truth and justice have always been my north, ”the outgoing president posted on the social network Twitter.

The prisoner is currently 28 years old and is in the Bayamón Correctional Complex. The leniency application is the most recent attempt by Torres Feliciano, who has denied co-author of the events, to get out of prison.

The events date back to February 21, 2009, when her partner and her son’s father, Steven Quirindongo, hit her several times in the midst of a family activity as part of a pattern of violence. When her brothers learn what happened, they confront the aggressor and the fight that sparked the death of Ashley’s brother, Nelson Torres Feliciano, is generated.