Last month, Leopoldo Lopez was sentenced to nearly 14 years in prison. The prosecutor then fled the country and says sorry, he was wrong. The judge gets promoted. A criminal case in Venezuela. Leopoldo Lopez Last month, opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez was sentenced in a Venezuelan court to more than 13 years in prison. The people, government leaders and many other organizations called for Lopez's release. Now including Franklin Nieves himself, the prosecutor responsible for the charges against the opposition leader. Nieves, the prosecutor Days after Lopez's conviction, Nieves fled from Venezuela to the United States, seeking asylum. In a video that came online last weekend, the ex-officer called the trial of Lopez a sham, a farce. Evidence was allegedly tampered with and he and his colleagues were pressured by the government. In the video, Nieves now apologizes from America to Leopoldo Lopez, Lopez's family and the people of Venezuela. "Lopez is innocent, I'm sorry." Nieves states to the Wallstreet Journal that human rights were ignored because it was impossible for Lopez's defense
