More than 1,500 request amnesty under new Venezuela law

"A total of 1,557 cases are being addressed immediately, and hundreds of people deprived of their freedom are already being released under the amnesty law," National Assembly chief Jorge Rodriguez told a press conference. Amnesty is not automatic under the law: petitioners must ask the court handling their cases. On Saturday alone, 80 prisoners had been freed from detention in the capital Caracas, Rodriguez told AFP. On Friday, the lawmaker overseeing the amnesty process, Jorge Arreaza, announced...