Text 14442, 58 rader
Skriven 2005-10-09 10:57:05 av Joe Delahaye (25350.fidonews)
  Kommentar till text 14435 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
Ärende: looters in NO
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 >  > IIRC the judge was from the Netherlands.
 >
 > Possibly.
 >
 >  > The prosecuter kept asking for extensions to the original time.
 >
 > According to Dutch law - if that applies, I do not know - the prosecuter has
 > that right.

Well, all the news reports of course reported that Dutch law is in
force in Aruba, as it is a Dutch possession.  Othere then that, I
cannot be certain

 >  > There was a court hearing for each I think,
 >
 > If it was done according to Dutch law, there must have been. The court heari
 > is where the preliminary charge is The judge must decide if prolonged detent
 > is justified. He/she will weigh the evidence gathered so far. Naturally as t
 > progresses, the judge will require more evidence to justify the extension.

The reports all suggested this is what happened.    As you said, they
could not provide more and more to justify holding him any longer,
thus he was let go.  It was also stated in the news release I read,
that he could be arrested again, should more evidence turn up.

 >  > and the last one determined there was not enough
 >  > evidence to hold them any longer.
 >
 > That can happen. Apparently the judge ruled that the evidence presented was
 > not enough to justify another prolongation of detention.
 >
 > That does not mean the suspect is off the hook. These hearings do not have t
 > status of a fully fleged court session wher someone is declared guilty or no
 > guily. I believe they are compoarable to the US system where a judge decides
 > whether a suspect should be held or released on bail.
 >
Yes, but in the US I think the suspect will be charged with something,
  He can only be held on suspicion for about 48 hours I think.
Somebody will correct me if I'm wrong <G>

 > That van der Sllo jr. was released on lack if evidence does nt mean he is
 > innocent. When new evidence emerges he may be arrested again.
 >
 >  > He was also a judge's sone I think,
 >
 > Yes, he is.
 >
 >   > which is probably why they treated it a little different
 >
 > No, I don't think so. I don't think he was treated differently. He just got
 > more media attention because of his father being a judge.

I meant of course that they were probably a little stricter with him
to NOT show favouritism.

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