2012-05-08, 13:48
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n 1995 Flashback published an article titled 'Sexual offenders in Stockholm 1990/91'. In this article convicted offenders were published with name, photograph, personal number, address, and telephone number. Alongside information pertaining to the character of the committed crime that these persons had been tried and convicted for.
One of the men pressed charges against the editor in charge of Flashback Jan Axelsson, demanding he would be sentenced to jail for grave slander.
The man is previously convicted for sexual abuse and sexual aggravation of three mentally handicapped girls.
He demanded financial reimbursement of Jan Axelsson for a total of half a million Swedish Kronor for mental anguish.
When a jury tried the case on the basis of freedom of the press at the end October, Jan Axelsson was convicted - but however not for grave slander but slander.
This is the reason why Jan Axelsson was acquitted of the charges. The divisional court of Stockholm was hindered to convict Jan Axelsson since the jury had surpassed the initial caption of the crime.
The court however considers the offender to be obliged to financial compensation. The amount was set at 50 000 SEK.
Jan Axelsson's lawyer, Nils Hillert is very surprised about the ruling of the divisional court.
- Even if one in agreement with the divisional court would have proposed that it was not justifiable to publish the information, the financial reimbursement is surprisingly high in comparison to previous praxis. I have never before encountered a previous case where the sentence proposes such a high reimbursement for slander of the normal degree.
On the contrary not even grave slander usually imparts such vast measures of reimbursement as in this case.
- In praxis the divisional court, which is tied to the jury's acquittal of grave slander and therefore solely capable of convicting for slander, has still punished Jan Axelsson financially for grave slander. The divisional court has evaluated the anguish that the publication is supposed to have rendered for the man, as twice as high as the anguish of the three girls that the man was previously convicted for having sexually offended. This emits the completely wrong signals to society.
The offender greets the sentence.
The Swedish daily newspaper Expressen writes that the sexual offender cheered when he received the sentence this afternoon. - He finally experiences joy, says the man's legal representative to Expressen, and suggests that this is a victory for individual integrity.
- Considering the caption of the crime was changed from grave slander to slander by the jury last month, the reimbursement is surprisingly high, continues his lawyer.
- And even more so if you consider that the magazine’s issuance was merely 1200 copies at the time of its publication three years ago.
Flashback will appeal the ruling.
[Flashback]
One of the men pressed charges against the editor in charge of Flashback Jan Axelsson, demanding he would be sentenced to jail for grave slander.
The man is previously convicted for sexual abuse and sexual aggravation of three mentally handicapped girls.
He demanded financial reimbursement of Jan Axelsson for a total of half a million Swedish Kronor for mental anguish.
When a jury tried the case on the basis of freedom of the press at the end October, Jan Axelsson was convicted - but however not for grave slander but slander.
This is the reason why Jan Axelsson was acquitted of the charges. The divisional court of Stockholm was hindered to convict Jan Axelsson since the jury had surpassed the initial caption of the crime.
The court however considers the offender to be obliged to financial compensation. The amount was set at 50 000 SEK.
Jan Axelsson's lawyer, Nils Hillert is very surprised about the ruling of the divisional court.
- Even if one in agreement with the divisional court would have proposed that it was not justifiable to publish the information, the financial reimbursement is surprisingly high in comparison to previous praxis. I have never before encountered a previous case where the sentence proposes such a high reimbursement for slander of the normal degree.
On the contrary not even grave slander usually imparts such vast measures of reimbursement as in this case.
- In praxis the divisional court, which is tied to the jury's acquittal of grave slander and therefore solely capable of convicting for slander, has still punished Jan Axelsson financially for grave slander. The divisional court has evaluated the anguish that the publication is supposed to have rendered for the man, as twice as high as the anguish of the three girls that the man was previously convicted for having sexually offended. This emits the completely wrong signals to society.
The offender greets the sentence.
The Swedish daily newspaper Expressen writes that the sexual offender cheered when he received the sentence this afternoon. - He finally experiences joy, says the man's legal representative to Expressen, and suggests that this is a victory for individual integrity.
- Considering the caption of the crime was changed from grave slander to slander by the jury last month, the reimbursement is surprisingly high, continues his lawyer.
- And even more so if you consider that the magazine’s issuance was merely 1200 copies at the time of its publication three years ago.
Flashback will appeal the ruling.
[Flashback]
www.flashback.org/fo/98/rape.shtml (länken är ej längre aktiv)
Hoppas inte att Flashback har något emot att jag länkade hela artikeln, det är ju trots allt Flashback som skrivit den.
Är det någon som har mer info om hur det blev sen? Jag kom och tänka på när jag läste detta för 13 år sen men jag vet inte vad som hände sen. Det står i artikeln att Flashback ska(skulle) överklaga.
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Jag valde att lägga tråden in Kriminalhistoria och inte Flashback eftersom det främst var Jan Axelsson och inte Flashback som blev dömda.