Spain DNA Evidence Injustice: 15 Years Prison, 2.5M Compensation

The Supreme Court annulled the decision of the National Court that initially refused any compensation, thus confirming a flagrant judicial fault. According to information relayed by Cadena SER, the accused served a fifteen-year prison sentence, followed by three years of conditional release, following convictions by the Barcelona Court based solely on visual identification. The magistrates determined that this deprivation of liberty caused a "maximum intensity affectation of the fundamental right to personal freedom" over an extraordinarily long period.

On Bladi.net : Spanish Court Exonerates Moroccan Man Wrongly Imprisoned for 100 Years in Rape Case

The final acquittal of these two offenses rests on the revelation of a legal aberration linked to scientific analyses. The court judged the error "unequivocal and qualified" because the judges of that time had "not evaluated, although it was admitted and part of the file, a piece of biological expertise evidence." Concretely, Ahmed Tommouhi’s genetic profile proved totally incompatible with semen traces found on the victims’ underwear, a factual scientific fact ignored during his conviction.