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>Spain has an independent judiciary. http://en.administracion.gob.es/pag_Home/espanaAdmon/comoSeOrganizaEstado/Institucionesl_Estado/PoderJudicial.html http://

• euyyn 9y ago
  The judiciary in Spain sentenced a Ministro del Interior (the 2nd most powerful political position after President) to 10 years in prison. All western democracies have the executive branch influence the judiciary in more or less degree. But it's a huge jump from that to single-party systems like China or, de facto, Venezuela.
  • wott 9y ago
    > The judiciary in Spain sentenced a Ministro del Interior (the 2nd most powerful political position after President) to 10 years in prison. And now, please inform us of how long this murderer actually served, just for the laugh. Was it 1 year? 6 months? 3 months? And for even more laugh, just tell us how his sentence vanished, thanks to... the government's pardon. Your example is going against your point!
    • euyyn 9y ago
      Most if not all western democracies give the Government the power to pardon convicts. It's one of the checks the three branches have against each other. I, along with the vast majority of Spaniards, agree that it's been abused and should be restricted. But if your argument is that the courts in all these countries are puppets of their governments based on the fact that they have the power to pardon later on, I don't think it's a strong argument.