Ginny Vélez Carreras

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• On March 20, 2026, the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico dismissed all four judicial ethics charges against Municipal Judge Ginny M. Vélez Carreras, ruling that the Office of Court Administration failed to meet its burden of proof and ordering the complaint archived
• AD‐2024‐0001 (2026 TSPR 29), arose from a tragic domestic violence case in Yauco, Puerto Rico.
• 2 of Act 99‐2009 for such offenders, but Judge Vélez Carreras did not impose it
• The matter, In re: Ginny M. Vélez Carreras, No.
• The defendant, a repeat offender under Act 54, killed the complaining witness (the judge’s mother) and her brother two weeks after the case.
• At the time, electronic monitoring (grillete) was mandatory under Art.
• Chief Justice Oronoz Rodríguez and Justice Colón Pérez dissented, arguing the judge’s conduct showed grave lack of diligence and competence in handling a sensitive domestic violence case
• Justice Colón Pérez emphasized that the judge’s failure to impose mandatory monitoring in a high‐risk case reflected a serious breach of duty, and warned that the majority’s ruling could set a precedent rewarding negligence in matters of public safety