Second, that the occasional misuses of that discretion would be few, far between, and manageable by the court system through robust testing and oversight.
There’s the younger wife who falls in love with the woman her husband hires for a threesome, then walks off 10 minutes later with a $210m settlement once Nash acquires video evidence of his extensive perversions.
Rodríguez also announced the shutdown of Helicoide, a prison in Caracas where torture and other human rights abuses have been repeatedly documented by independent organizations.
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Regina Garcia Cano,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
Former detainees and human rights organizations have documented systematic torture and severe abuses inside the facility, including beatings, electric shocks, suspension by limbs, prolonged stress positions and other degrading treatment.
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Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2026
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