Changes

* The trials and sentencing of military political prisoners are carried out under a Criminal Procedure System that has been repealed for being an archaic system, in which the same judge investigates, accuses, prosecutes and sentences. The new system came into effect in some regions of the country in 2001 and by 2005 it was applied in all regions. For several years now, all Chilean citizens have been subjected to a new system of legal procedure that is denied to military political prisoners. Since 2005, they have been subjected to arbitrary discrimination, which is absolutely forbidden in the Chilean Constitution, thus, constituing [[judicial activism]] against them. The military are judged and condemned on the basis of presumptions and legal fictions that do not exist and are outside the law, such as the figure of permanent kidnapping, which is illogical since the supposed kidnapped person would still have to be kidnapped, and all this in order to be able to judge them. In addition, at the time of sentencing, he is sentenced as a civilian.

* The trials and sentencing of military political prisoners are carried out under a Criminal Procedure System that has been repealed for being an archaic system, in which the same judge investigates, accuses, prosecutes and sentences. The new system came into effect in some regions of the country in 2001 and by 2005 it was applied in all regions. For several years now, all Chilean citizens have been subjected to a new system of legal procedure that is denied to military political prisoners. Since 2005, they have been subjected to arbitrary discrimination, which is absolutely forbidden in the Chilean Constitution, thus, constituing [[judicial activism]] against them. The military are judged and condemned on the basis of presumptions and legal fictions that do not exist and are outside the law, such as the figure of permanent kidnapping, which is illogical since the supposed kidnapped person would still have to be kidnapped, and all this in order to be able to judge them. In addition, at the time of sentencing, he is sentenced as a civilian.

* The judges sought the non-prescription of the alleged crimes, qualifying them as crimes against humanity, in circumstances in which the law that specifies such crimes came into force in Chile only in 2009 and was never retroactive. In other words, several decades after the events occurred, the statute of limitations should have expired. The truth is that, to date, no member of the military has been legally convicted of crimes against humanity and the judges know it, but insist on calling them that way. A crime against humanity would be a crime committed against innocent and unarmed people, and that was not the reality of the guerrilla groups that were confronted by the military, such as the [[Left Wing Terrorism in Chile|MIR, Mapu Lautaro and Manuel Rodriguez Front]].  

* The judges sought the non-prescription of the alleged crimes, qualifying them as crimes against humanity, in circumstances in which the law that specifies such crimes came into force in Chile only in 2009 and was never retroactive. In other words, several decades after the events occurred, the statute of limitations should have expired. The truth is that, to date, no member of the military has been legally convicted of crimes against humanity and the judges know it, but insist on calling them that way. A crime against humanity would be a crime committed against innocent and unarmed people, and that was not the reality of the guerrilla groups that were confronted by the military, such as the [[MIR (Revolutionary Left Movement, Chile)|MIR]], Mapu Lautaro and Manuel Rodriguez Front (See [[Left Wing Terrorism in Chile]]).  

* The fight against terrorism is far from the persecution of innocent people, however, politics and all the media insist on calling them that way, with the clear intention of sensitizing public opinion and justifying these convictions. The justice system knows this and condemns the military, manipulating the law with spurious legal fictions in order to imprison them. Law 20.357, in force in Chile since 2009, typifies concrete crimes and does not constitute a mere doctrinal analysis. This law is based on the Rome Statute approved in July 1998. Both the Rome Statute and our law 20.357, specifically establish that they will only have jurisdiction over crimes committed after the entry into force of these laws, that is, since 2009. None of the convictions of the military political prisoners have been executed and there is no evidence that they have been convicted of crimes against humanity, genocide or war crimes, and even so, the judges insist on calling them as such when in practice they are not.

* The fight against terrorism is far from the persecution of innocent people, however, politics and all the media insist on calling them that way, with the clear intention of sensitizing public opinion and justifying these convictions. The justice system knows this and condemns the military, manipulating the law with spurious legal fictions in order to imprison them. Law 20.357, in force in Chile since 2009, typifies concrete crimes and does not constitute a mere doctrinal analysis. This law is based on the Rome Statute approved in July 1998. Both the Rome Statute and our law 20.357, specifically establish that they will only have jurisdiction over crimes committed after the entry into force of these laws, that is, since 2009. None of the convictions of the military political prisoners have been executed and there is no evidence that they have been convicted of crimes against humanity, genocide or war crimes, and even so, the judges insist on calling them as such when in practice they are not.