Also a quick explanation of what happened during after the trial since many sites misreported it.
* Before the trial the randomly appointed Judge was replaced by Norstrom. This is one of the reasons behind the bais allegations.
* Just before the trial one of the of the lay judges was removed for membership of the same/similar organizations as Norstrom. at this point Norstrom should
haven been aware that his own membership would pose problems. This is the core behind the bais allegations.
* During the appeals process for the retrial it first was assigned to a judge who was a member of the same organizations, and she claimed not to be baised.
* Others disagreed and the retrail appeal was moved to a different court and 3 judges, one of whom it turns out is a member of the same organizations. Still
the trial remained in this court and they ultimately judged that there was insuficient bais to warrant a retrail.
Some people see systemic bais in the above chain of events. I'm unsure, since basic demographics (older people tend to be more in favor of copyright, most
judges are old) create some institutional bais, but I don't think they are actively malicious. however this whole mess has eroded confidence among young
swedes in the Swedish justice system.
Some news organizations mistook the filing of the court norstrom is a member of claiming he was unbaised as a verdict, this was not the case. It was just a
filling to the appeals court.
Also they still get to appeal the trial, which might have been a factor in not granting a retrial sine it is already being appealed.
E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?"
B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
* Before the trial the randomly appointed Judge was replaced by Norstrom. This is one of the reasons behind the bais allegations.
* Just before the trial one of the of the lay judges was removed for membership of the same/similar organizations as Norstrom. at this point Norstrom should
haven been aware that his own membership would pose problems. This is the core behind the bais allegations.
* During the appeals process for the retrial it first was assigned to a judge who was a member of the same organizations, and she claimed not to be baised.
* Others disagreed and the retrail appeal was moved to a different court and 3 judges, one of whom it turns out is a member of the same organizations. Still
the trial remained in this court and they ultimately judged that there was insuficient bais to warrant a retrail.
Some people see systemic bais in the above chain of events. I'm unsure, since basic demographics (older people tend to be more in favor of copyright, most
judges are old) create some institutional bais, but I don't think they are actively malicious. however this whole mess has eroded confidence among young
swedes in the Swedish justice system.
Some news organizations mistook the filing of the court norstrom is a member of claiming he was unbaised as a verdict, this was not the case. It was just a
filling to the appeals court.
Also they still get to appeal the trial, which might have been a factor in not granting a retrial sine it is already being appealed.
E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?"
B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."