Justice System
Appeal court reduces sentences in Think Pink case
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The Svea Court of Appeal has issued its ruling in Sweden's largest environmental case involving Think Pink. Fariba Andersson is sentenced to five years in prison and Thomas Nilsson to four years and six months. Two people are fully acquitted.
A five-year-old girl died in a fire after being locked alone at home at least 42 times. The trial against the mother began on Monday in Göteborg District Court.
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Japan's Cabinet has approved a revision to the retrial system. The move addresses long-standing criticism that prosecutors' right to appeal prolongs court procedures for those seeking retrials, sometimes for decades.
A Social Democratic lay judge in the high-profile case against care worker Shakir Mahmoud Shakir, convicted of raping a 100-year-old woman, has been suspended and reported to police for breaching confidentiality by publicly criticizing the verdict. The prosecutor plans to appeal the four-year sentence, which spared deportation despite political outrage.
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A federal judge in the US has given the Department of Justice the green light to release materials from the investigation that led to Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction in 2021. The materials include secret grand jury transcripts and investigative documents, potentially spanning thousands of pages. The decision follows Congress's approval in November of a bill to release Epstein- and Maxwell-related documents.