A bike is walking on the network about the Spanish postal worker, who supposedly got into the Guinness Book of Records for receiving the longest prison term. We checked how true this story is.
According to publications, the longest prison term in history received the postman Gabriel March Grandos from the Spanish palm-de-Malorki in 1972. During his work, he allegedly did not deliver to the address and destroyed 42,768 letters, for which he was sentenced to 384,912 years in prison. Some sources claim that Grandos should have been released after 40 years (in 2012), others - that the Spaniard to this day is behind bars.
About this case, in different years, they wrote "Arguments and facts" Adme, Joyreactor, "Factrum""Rambler" Travelask and others. In social networks some publications More than 100,000 views were gained with a bike about the Spanish postman.
In some countries, sentences against people who were found guilty of committing several crimes at once imply the summation of punishments for all proven episodes - as a result, criminals go to prison for hundreds of years or even several lifelong terms. This practice is characteristic of countries with Anglo -Saxon legal system (USA, Great Britain, Canada, etc.). IN Spain, Russia and other states that relate to the Romano-German legal family, punishment for several crimes can also be folded in full or partially, but the general term of imprisonment cannot exceed the limit established by law.
The holder of the longest term, expressed in lifelong conclusions (161), counts American Terry Nichols, a participant in the 1995 terrorist attack in Oklahoma City. In absolute terms, the maximum term Received A resident of Thailanda Chama Typeyaso, who was awarded 141,078 years in prison for participating in a financial pyramid in 1989. However, Thai legislation involves the parole for crimes related to fraud, after 20 years, and taking into account the reviews of the case Typeyaso She was released in 1993.
How can you learn from Spanish press Beginning The 1970s, 18-year-old Gabriel March Granados (and not Grandos) got a job as a postman on the island of Malorca in January 1968. Two years later, he was fired due to disorders discovered in the work.
The post office of Palm de Malorcia decided to report them to law enforcement agencies. The police investigation found that Granados during his work did not deliver 42,768 letters in a total of 42,768 letters, of which 30,850 ordinary and 4868 urgent captured. The Spaniard appropriated checks in the amount of $ 9536, 237,000 pesette, 1328 Swedish crowns and 20 German brands (in total it is about € 50,000 in modern terms). The prosecutor suggested sending Granados to prison for a period of 384,912 years (nine years for each of the insured letters), as well as recover a fine of 341.5 million pesetas (€ 19 million in modern money).
At the trial, the postman repented of committed acts. The young man was found guilty of improper storage of documents and theft, but the judge qualified the actions of the accused as Continued crimes, not thousands of separate violations. Granados was sentenced to imprisonment for a period of 14 years and two months, as well as a fine of 9,000 pesetas. The further fate of the postman is not known for certain - apparently, having served his term, he was released. In 2015, the Court of Palma de Malorcia considered case About the disappearance of a person with the same name, surname and year of birth on the basis of a statement by his daughter, who had not had news about his father over the past 13 years.
As for the photograph of a man who accompanies many stories about this case, it does not depict Granados.
In fact This is Dudley Wayne Kaiser, who was in 1981 Sentenced By 10,000 years in prison for the murder of his wife and even got into "Guinness Book of Records»As the owner of the most severe sentence for one crime. However, later the American was given life sentences for two more murders.
Thus, the Spanish postman Gabriel Granados did not say by 384,912 years in prison for insured letters - the prosecution required such a punishment, and the man was judged, including for theft of checks from departments. In fact, he was convicted of 14 years and two months. In addition, the history of Granados spreads with an incorrect photograph.
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