Procedimiento para solicitar la devolución de un convicto fugado en Virginia

Explicación Simple

Si alguien que ha cometido un crimen y está en la cárcel se escapa, el abogado del estado o el sheriff pueden pedir ayuda al gobernador para traerlo de vuelta. Tienen que enviar un documento que explique quién es la persona y cómo se escapó.

Es como cuando un niño se escapa del patio de recreo y el maestro tiene que llamar a sus padres para que lo traigan de vuelta. Necesita un permiso para que lo busquen.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan fue condenado por robo y se escapó de la prisión en Richmond. El abogado del estado, junto con el sheriff del condado, escriben una solicitud al gobernador diciendo que Juan está en otro estado y piden que lo traigan de regreso a Virginia para cumplir su condena.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Va. Code § 19.2-110 - Application for requisition for return of escaped convict, etc. When the return to this Commonwealth is required of a person who has been convicted of a crime in this Commonwealth and has escaped from confinement or broken the terms of his bail, probation or parole, the attorney for the Commonwealth, of the county or city in which the offense was committed, or the warden of the institution or sheriff of the county or city from which the escape was made, shall present to the Governor a written application for a requisition for the return of such person, in which application shall be stated the name of the person, the crime of which he was convicted, the circumstances of his escape from confinement or of the breach of the terms of his bail, probation or parole and the state in which he is believed to be, including the location of the person therein at the time application is made. Code 1950, § 19.1-74; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495. Va. Code § 19.2-111 - Form of such applications; copies, etc. The application shall be verified by affidavit, shall be executed in duplicate and shall be accompanied by two certified copies of the indictment returned, or information and affidavit filed, or of the complaint made to the judge of a circuit or general district court or other officer issuing the warrant stating the offense with which the accused is charged, or of the judgment of conviction or of the sentence. The attorney for the Commonwealth, warden or sheriff may also attach such further affidavits and other documents in duplicate as he shall deem proper to be submitted with such application. One copy of the application, with the action of the Governor indicated by endorsement thereon, and one of the certified copies of the indictment, complaint, information