When justice recedes, slander accelerates

I have seen this again in recent weeks with many forms of violence.

Second suspension in criminal justice Javier Lopez Madrid and excommissary Villarejoreported for February 2026, is not a mere administrative delay. It is a new episode in a delay that has lasted more than five years He positioned me to defend myself in a situation of authentic defenselessness.

When the proceedings of this serious case are paralyzed without completion, the message the victim receives is overwhelming: after derecho for effective judicial protection, there is hope to proceed.

Justice delayed is not justice. Each suspension means a new emotional upheaval, another psychological breakdown and unnecessary prolongation of damage.

In cases of crime and violence, time is not neutral: it always works against the person who reports it.

Vague hope is appropriate, de factoin the form of punishment for the victim who sees his life frozen in an endless process.

However, this judicial paralysis has resulted in a particularly disturbing phenomenon. Use of communication as pressure regulation and description.

At the same time as suspending the juice, if he extended the note of concern that it is not limited to informing.

The note constructs an incriminating message against the victim and his defense, transferring into the media space accusations of interest formulated in the room, of which should never be made according to the ethics and practice responsible for the crime.

And present them as consolidated truths, truer than your own opinion.

This form of action is not accidental. When the courts call (because justice is not celebrated), try to occupy this silence with the owners.

If he discredits the victim, he casts doubt on his testimony, insinuates false motivations, and pretends to reverse the roles. Whoever reports it will be reported. A person is charged if he is shown to have been wrongfully convicted.

It’s a well-known and deeply unfair strategy that contributes to revictimization and public shaming.

“When the proceedings of this serious case are paralyzed, the message the victim receives is devastating: after derecho for effective judicial protection, there is hope to proceed.”

Communication cannot be turned into a substitute for a judicial process or a weapon to influence public perception of an ongoing criminal justice case.

Defender of legal status. Converting this defense into a smear campaign is not.

When judgments are taken out of context, the content of proceedings is manipulated and serious accusations are made outside the scope of justice, If you cross an ethical line that harms more than just the victimup to its own warranty system.

Elisa Pinto didn’t just want to reach out to the alleged person she reported. Over the years, he has withstood the constant challenges of his word, professional frustration, social attitude and what she defined as authentic “civic death”.

Now yes, if you need to resist the media battle while denying it, once again the natural space from which all people should make up their own minds: a decision with all guarantees.

As agreed, I will continue to defend my client where he belongs. In the courts.

But as a lawyer, as a popular plaintiff, and as a citizen, I cannot stop reporting the inconvenient reality. When justice is repeatedly compromised and destruction is accelerated, the balance is disturbed.

And when this imbalance becomes normal, the message that is thrown at the victims is devastating.

Elisa Pinto no longer received favorably. Something much more basic and much more urgent. That the judiciary is glorified, that it is judged, and that I face an effective judicial response that must be appeased endlessly.

Everything else (noise, titles, campaigns) is not blocked. It is a greater form of violence.

*** Ana Blanco Vázquez de Prada is a criminal lawyer.