Divar is the second judge to draw the public's attention recently. Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] was acquitted [JURIST report] in February by the country's Supreme Court in a 6-1 decision. He had been accused of abusing his power by ordering the exhumation [JURIST report] of 19 mass graves in Spain in order to assemble a definitive national registry of Civil War victims, despite a 1977 law that provides amnesty for Franco-era crimes. In January, he had argued during his second trial that his investigation was not politically motivated [JURIST reports] but rather was driven to bring justice for the victims of the alleged crimes. In another case against the judge, the Supreme Court convicted him for ordering illegal wiretaps in jailhouses within a month after the trial started [JURIST reports].