Supreme Court turns down revising death sentence of Spanish poet Miguel Hernández

Supreme Court turns down revising death sentence of Spanish poet Miguel Hernández
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By m.p. - Feb 17, 2011 - 4:27 PM
They say it is already recognised as radically unfair under the Historical Memory Law

Miguel Hernández in the publication ‘Pajaro de Fuego’ in 1979 - Wikipedia

Spain’s Supreme Court has said it will not revise the death sentence which was handed down by a Francoist tribunal to the Orihuela poet, Miguel Hernández, who died in prison in 1942 after his sentence was commuted to 30 years behind bars.

He was 31 years old when he died from tuberculosis in a prison in Alicante.

The poet’s family wanted his death sentence to be annulled but the Supreme Court did not accept their application for consideration, ruling that the Historical Memory Law already recognises sentences which were imposed for political and ideological reasons as ‘radically unfair’.

The ruling from the court has led the PCE Communist Party of Spain to call for changes to a law which they say, as the poet’s case has now shown, has its limitations. Públic reports that they are to launch a campaign to call for amendments to be made which will allow Hernández’s sentence, and those of other Republicans, to be annulled.

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