Spanish PM apologizes for sexual consent law loophole and its impact on victims.
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has apologized to the victims of a government-sponsored sexual freedom law passed last October that inadvertently allowed hundreds of convicted sex offenders to have their sentences reduced. The law is set to undergo reform this coming week to address the legal loophole. Courts have reduced the sentences of 978 sexual offenders under the sexual freedom law and at least 104 convicts have been granted early release.
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