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[-]What was expected to be a rubber-stamp vote of approval in El Salvador’s Congress today came up one vote shy. Opposition lawmakers from the right-wing ARENA party refused to vote in favor of a resolution to pardon Guadalupe. As a result, she got only 42 votes — one shy of the 43 simple majority she needed to secure her release. For now, Guadalupe remains behind bars serving a 30-year sentence for murder for having a miscarriage in 2007.[-] fusion.net/story/38969/teen-sentenced-to-30-years-in-jail-for-having-a-miscarriage-could-be-pardoned-in-el-salvador/
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 23:55:19 +0000

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