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‘Clerical error’ allows for same-sex couple to be wed in Costa Rica

The Costa Rican prosecutor’s office on Tuesday refused to indict a lesbian couple who took advantage of a clerical error and were married in 2015, the court said.
The Public Ministry asked the court to order a final dismissal in favor of Laura Florez-Estrada, Jasmine Elizondo and her lawyer Marco Castillo, who had been charged with the crime of illegal marriage, which carries a penalty of up to six years in prison.
The two women were able

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