Collateral effects of the pandemic: sentences fall by more than

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Crime fell by more than 19% last year and the pandemic also affected the activity of the courts, which translates into a decrease of 22.8% in the number of adults convicted by a final sentence and in the case of minors. According to the tables of convicts made public by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), sentences for sexual crimes were also reduced, but by a much smaller percentage: 12.3% in the case of adults and 6.3% in the case of adults. of the minors. The report shows that in 2020, people of legal age convicted by a final sentence were registered in the Central Registry of Sentences, with an especially marked decrease in the months in which mobility was restricted and the courts focused only on matters considered essential. Sentences fell by 90.6% in April and 83% in May. Among the most common crimes, those committed against road safety stand out.

The total), injuries and theft of those convicted were men and the average age was in years. According to INE statistics, in there were adult convictions for sexual crimes,  less than the previous year. 97.6% were men The majority (75%) had Spanish nationality, but the INE highlights that, taking into account the rate of convicts per 1,000 inhabitants of legal age, that of those convicted of foreign nationality exceeded the rate by times. of those of Spanish nationality48% of the sentences imposed, both Guatemala Mobile Number List main and accessory, were "deprivation of other rights"; 32.6%, fines; and deprivation of liberty. There were a total of 109,344 prison sentences, less than in 2019, and the vast majority (92%) were less than two years. efSource: INE According to the INE tables, Andalusia was the community with the most convictions of the total), ahead of Catalonia (16%) and the Valencian Community But the community with the most foreign convicts (25.6% of the total) was Catalonia, followed by Madrid and the Valencian Community  Ceuta and Melilla recorded the highest rates of convictions per 1,000 inhabitants.



Respectively while the lowest corresponded to Castilla y León  and Castilla-La ManchaMINORS, CONDEMNED MOST OF ALL FOR INJURIES The downward trends in adult sentences are replicated in the case of minors: during , people between and years old were registered in the registry, which represented a decrease of  were men and the most common age of the convicted person wasyears old . had Spanish nationality, but the INE emphasizes again that the rate of minors per 1,000 inhabitants aged 14 to 17 was almost three times higher in those of foreign nationality  than in those of Spanish nationalityof criminal offenses committed by minors were injuries, followed by robberies  and theft (In the sentences, 45% of the measures adopted were probation, followed by socio-educational tasks and confinement in a semi-open regime  Andalusia is also the community with the most convictions in the case of minors (21% of the total), followed by the Valencian Community and Catalonia, but the latter community once again heads the list when sentences for foreign minors are analyzed. SEX CRIMES FALL, BUT LESS According to INE statistics, in 2020 there were adult convictions for sexual crimes.