Libertad por vencimiento del término para acusar: una interpretación ajustada a principios constitucionales

Abstract

The study carried out for the 317.4 article of the code of criminal procedure begins with a brief comment on the inadmissibility of applying a grammatical interpretation of the text, to then go on the shelves of the Congress in order to find the spirit of the law in regards to deadlines to accuse and having to do with the regime of freedom. With equal end you come to principles of constitutional interpretation and technique that implements the test of proportionality. This analysis contains the different modifications that has suffered the article 317 to date, and shows the gradual increase of the procedural terms of the articles under analysis; It also unraveled the mistake made by the legislator in the last three reforms to article 317, which fades the sense of the law the legal text making incoherent. Palabras claveVencimiento de términos; espíritu de la ley; antinomia normativa; interpretación sistemática; análisis gramatical; duración de los procedimientos; principios constitucionales, test de proporcionalidad.