Las reformas procesales penales en Colombia

Abstract

Colombia has not been distant to the legislative changes of legal type,and exactly in them, some radical changes between the existing procedure before the Constitution of 1991 and the procedure after have been registered. Before the Constitution of 1991 our Country counted on a mixed penal procedure that had a clear inquisitive tendency by centralizing the accusation and judgement functions in one official: The Judge of the Case . Equally it prevailed the written form in the investigation phase and the oral form in the judgement phase. In 1991 it is created the National Office of the Public Prosecutor, the Legal legislation searched in the mixed system a real accusatory tendency, by giving the investigation function to a estate different of the judges.The 600 Law of 2000 is a mixed trial system with inquisitive remainders but with a marked accusatory tendency.The 906 law of 2004 establishes in Colombia an accusatory penal legislation, beginning 2005, that pretends a Code strong in its accusation, with defense possibilities in the contradiction, with the participation of the Attorney General in interest of the Society and in which the cultural position of the Judge is recovered.

Keywords

• Sistema procesal mixto, legislación penal acusatoria.