In the Code of Chihuahua, the penalty was applied for the crime of intentional homicide of three or more people.
The right of a convicted person to social reintegration is provided for in article 18 of the Federal Constitution.
The Court concluded the above when hearing about an amparo filed by a complainant whose criminal process culminated in the final judgment sought.
The complainant was sentenced to life imprisonment for being criminally responsible for the crime of qualified homicide, committed to the detriment of four people.
When resolving the matter, the Plenary Court did not rule on the freedom of the complainant and returned the matter to the Collegiate Court that had previously heard about it, so that it could take charge of the legality issues raised in the application for protection.
The Court pointed out that the declaration of unconstitutionality of the life prison sentence does not imply granting an amparo that leaves the crime for which the complainant was prosecuted unpunished.
The amparo was promoted by Juan Carlos Gámez Bernal against the ruling of August 19, 2014, issued by the magistrates of the Collegiate Chamber of Cassation of the Supreme Court of Justice of the State of Chihuahua.
