Analysis of the presidential pardon on humanitarian grounds to prevent prison overcrowding in Ecuador

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35381/racji.v7i2.2353

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Prison, human rights, justice. (UNESCO Thesaurus).

Abstract

The general objective was to legally analyze the presidential pardon for humanitarian reasons to avoid prison overcrowding in Ecuador. The research was developed from the positivist paradigm, from the quantitative perspective, through the search, collection and critical documentary analysis, bibliographic reference, from a bibliographic design of documentary type, the researchers conducted a research process where the study population was based basically on documents such as theses, laws, regulations and scientific articles; to analyze the writings related to the topic, the content analysis of the information collected was considered, which allowed the formulation of results. In order to generate a new knowledge in relation to the topic of study. It is concluded that persons deprived of liberty are a group of priority attention as determined by the Magna Carta of the State, which is why among their rights and guarantees is the right to request a pardon.

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Published

2022-10-15

How to Cite

Gavilanes-Meza, C. E., & Andrade-Salazar, O.-L. (2022). Analysis of the presidential pardon on humanitarian grounds to prevent prison overcrowding in Ecuador. IUSTITIA SOCIALIS, 7(2), 999–1008. https://doi.org/10.35381/racji.v7i2.2353

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De Investigación