Hola queridos amigos reciban un cordial saludo.
El día de hoy quisiera compartir con todos ustedes como puede resultar ser un día de ejercicio profesional en la profesión del derecho.
Hello dear friends, I send you my best regards.
Today I would like to share with all of you how a day in the legal profession can turn out.
Como muchos acá saben soy Abogado y aunque ejerzo Derecho Civil, mi área de especialidad es el Derecho procesal penal, una de las áreas más fuertes, intensas y peligrosas del derecho, pues básicamente nuestro trabajo como penalistas supone Defender o acusar a personas que por diversas circunstancias puedan estar incursas en hechos punibles (Delitos). Esto convierte a esta especialidad en una de las más difíciles en cuanto a la praxis se refiere.
As many here know I am a lawyer and although I practice Civil Law, my area of specialty is Criminal Procedural Law, one of the strongest, most intense and dangerous areas of law, because basically our work as criminal lawyers involves defending or accusing people who for various circumstances may be involved in punishable acts (crimes). This makes this specialty one of the most difficult in terms of praxis.
Sin embargo, y es necesario aclarar (no todas las personas que requieren los servicios de un profesional del derecho penal son delincuentes), en muchos casos hay personas inocentes, siendo procesadas injustamente sencillamente por estar en el lugar equivocado y a la hora equivocada.
However, and it is necessary to clarify (not all people who require the services of a criminal law professional are criminals), in many cases there are innocent people, being unjustly prosecuted simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Hace un par de días me contacta una persona por medio de una llamada telefónica la cual requería de mis servicios como defensor privado, le realice una serie de preguntas de rutina: ¿Cuándo te detuvieron? ¿Dónde estás detenido? ¿Por qué te detuvieron? ¿Ya te celebraron la primera audiencia? Luego de hablar con mi cliente pude ver que se trataba de una situación atípica, pues en la forma en la que ocurrieron los hechos estábamos en presencia de una persona inocente, a la cual se le han transgredido todos sus derechos. Así que sin mayores dilaciones tome sus datos personales para redactar el documento que me acreditaría como su defensor privado.
A couple of days ago I was contacted by a person through a phone call who required my services as a private defense attorney, I asked him a series of routine questions: When were you detained? Where are you detained? Why were you detained? Have you already had your first hearing? After speaking with my client I could see that this was an atypical situation, because in the way in which the events occurred we were in the presence of an innocent person, to whom all his rights had been transgressed. So without further delay I took his personal information to draw up the document that would accredit me as his private defense attorney.
Al día siguiente (ayer) y como de costumbre, me levanté muy temprano para desayunar y organizar mi agenda diaria, después tome una taza bien grande de café, mientras leía los titulares informativos para posteriormente dirigirme al recinto militar donde se encontraba privada de libertad mi cliente.
The next day (yesterday) and as usual, I woke up very early to have breakfast and organize my daily agenda, then I had a big cup of coffee, while I read the headlines and then went to the military compound where my client was deprived of liberty.
When I arrived at the place, I identified myself as a lawyer, showed my credentials and went to the facilities of the military complex where my client was deprived of her liberty. The guard escorted me to the attorney's area and I met with her and handed her the official document for her to sign and stamp her fingerprints.
Then I went to the reception to ask the guards who were there in charge to sign the document to make it more valid. Once I had the document in hand, I went to the Judicial Power headquarters.
Al llegar a los tribunales de mi ciudad Barquisimeto, me dirigí a la URDD penal (Unidad de Recepción y distribución de documentos) allí consigne mi documento para posteriormente juramentarme como defensor de mi cliente. Cabe destacar que este trámite es algo rápido, demore al rededor de 20 minutos, al entrar al tribunal el Juez me recibió me juramento y me dio un acta para firmarla.
Upon arriving at the courts of my city Barquisimeto, I went to the criminal URDD (Unit of Reception and distribution of documents) there I consigned my document to be sworn in as defender of my client. It should be noted that this procedure is somewhat quick, it took about 20 minutes, upon entering the court the judge received me and swore me in and gave me a document to sign.
Luego de firmada el acta solicite el expediente, el cual leí a fondo y con mucho detenimiento, pudiendo apreciar grandes inconsistencias dentro del proceso, falta de pruebas y carentes de argumentos parte de la fiscalía, lo que me hizo presumir que justamente que estaba en presencia de graves violaciones a los derechos constitucionales entre ellos el principio de la tutela judicial efectiva y el derecho a la presunción de inocencia.
After signing the record, I requested the file, which I read thoroughly and with great care, being able to appreciate great inconsistencies within the process, lack of evidence and lack of arguments from the prosecution, which made me presume that I was in the presence of serious violations of constitutional rights, including the principle of effective judicial protection and the right to the presumption of innocence.
Such a panorama of injustice generated in me a giant discontent, because it was aberrant to see how they transgressed the rights of my defendant, to which I tried to calm down, but not without first expressing my concern to the judge.
Porteriormente luego de presentadas algunas quejas y estando dentro de los lapsos legales, anuncie de manera verbal mi escrito de contestación a la acusación fiscal por ser una acusación meramente contraria a derecho y a las garantías constitucionales que asisten a mi defendida.
Subsequently, after presenting some complaints and being within the legal time limits, I verbally announced my written answer to the prosecutor's accusation for being an accusation merely contrary to law and to the constitutional guarantees that assist my defendant.
Al salir del tribunal llamé de nuevo a mi cliente para notificarle todo lo que había realizado, la cual quedo muy satisfecha pero a la vez implorando por justicia.
When I left the courtroom I called my client again to notify her of everything I had done, and she was very satisfied but at the same time imploring for justice.
-Justicia es lo que vas a recibir,- conteste, "Ante la constitución de la República y ante el código de ética del abogado, juré defender y tutelar tus derechos y es lo que haré a partir de hoy, no estás sola en esto, estoy para defenderte".
-Justice is what you are going to receive," I answered, "Before the constitution of the Republic and before the lawyer's code of ethics, I swore to defend and protect your rights and that is what I will do from today, you are not alone in this, I am here to defend you."
-"Gracias, Gracias Doctor, Dios le bendiga"- fue su respuesta, Su gratitud era notoria por medio de aquellas palabras que se oían entrecortadas.
-Thank you, Thank you Doctor, God bless you"- was his reply, His gratitude was noticeable through those words that sounded choppy.
Algunas personas por desconocimiento creen que la profesión del derecho es algo relativamente fácil, pero esa creencia está muy lejos de la realidad. La Abogacía es una profesión que requiere de tiempo, análisis, temperamento, actitud y mucha aptitud, no es nada fácil luchar contra la injusticia, la corrupción y la burocracia y son estos 3 males con los que día a día combatimos para cumplir con nuestro deber de brindar apoyo, asistencia y justicia a nuestros ciudadanos.
Some people, out of ignorance, believe that the legal profession is something relatively easy, but that belief is far from reality. Law is a profession that requires time, analysis, temperament, attitude and a lot of aptitude, it is not easy to fight against injustice, corruption and bureaucracy and these are the 3 evils that we fight day by day to fulfill our duty to provide support, assistance and justice to our citizens.
Queridos amigos, gracias por leerme.
Por razones de Ética profesional, derecho a la privacidad y estrategias de defensa he omitido algunos detalles.
Dear friends, thank you for reading me.
For reasons of professional ethics, right to privacy and defense strategies I have omitted some details.
Do you want to know more about me? I invite you to read My presentation on Hive Blog.
| Author |  |
|---|---|
| Country | Venezuela |
| CATEGORY | work-life lifestyle vidapersonal everyday spanish life justice vision-board lawyer neoxian |
| Editing and banners | Picsart |
| Photography | Divice Redmi Note 9 |