Mother of a young Puerto Rican pardoned by the governor after the murder of her brother waited for her outside the jail

SAN JUAN – Ashley Marie Torres Feliciano got out of jail this Monday after being in prison the last 05 years as a co-author of the murder of her brother in 1200, after benefiting from the 80 clemency issued by the already ex-governor Wanda Vázquez on the occasion of the end of his term as head of the Puerto Rican Executive.

The expectation yesterday was high to see the exit of jail to Torres Feliciano, one of the protagonists of a media event dating back more than a decade ago, when she was found guilty of being a co-author, with 12 years, from the death of her brother and sentenced to 111 years in prison.

Torres Feliciano benefited from the conditional pardon modality.

Lawyers from the Innocence Project of the Inter-American University were present at the Torres meeting Feliciano with officials from the Parole Board (JLBP).

Her mother was waiting for her outside the prison

The mother of Torres Feliciano, Lucrecia, was one of the people who looked forward to seeing her daughter outside the prison after so many years.

Torres Feliciano, however, You must spend one year in house arrest under electronic supervision before you can receive a final pardon.

Electronic shackle

The young woman leaves to the street with an electronic control system through a GPS shackle.

During the a year of residence, Torres Feliciano is expected to study before looking for work.

The facts

The facts that led to his conviction go back to 2009 in the course of a party where her partner, after an argument, hit her, part of a common pattern, prompting her brother to come to her defense and start a fight.

After several minutes of confrontations, Ashley Marie’s brother was injured, who was admitted and later died.

The today pardoned was accused of being co-author of his murder for, allegedly, having given his partner the knife with which his brother was murdered.

The Innocence Project had requested clemency for Torres Feliciano by alleging that It was an excessive sentence for a minor who suffered abuse by his then partner, father of s or daughter, and who was the one who stabbed the young woman’s brother.