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Skriven 2007-12-18 12:46:19 av Roy Witt (1:397/22)
   Kommentar till text 8307 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
Ärende: George W. Bush
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18 Dec 07 00:45, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Roy Witt:

 MvdV>>> My guess is that the Aruban police were pressured to give the
 MvdV>>> three suspects a thorough last "taste of the thumscrews". That
 MvdV>>> did not turn up new evidence. They will probably not be bothered
 MvdV>>> again unless some real new evidence emerges. Like the body...

 RW>> The Aruban prosecutor claimed to have new evidence

 MvdV> Yes, that is what was claimed....

 RW>> that would show they were involved, but wouldn't reveal it to the
 RW>> public.

 MvdV> The reason given was that he would not reveal it *yet* to prevent
 MvdV> the three suspects to synchronise their stories.

Good idea and typical police work.

 MvdV> A prosecutor can not withold evidence for long. If only because he
 MvdV> has a legal obligation to share it with the defence.

And vice versa.

 RW>> Apparently that new evidence wasn't enough to convince that
 RW>> judge to hold them.

 MvdV> Apparently it was a bluff.

Ahhh, a typical Dutchman, then.

 MvdV> There was no new evidence, just a recompilation of evidence already
 MvdV> presented.

And a typical uro ploy...

 MvdV>>> Until then there is no conclusive evidence that a crime took
 MvdV>>> place at all.

 RW>> You don't know that for certain. Only the Aruban prosecutor, the
 RW>> defendants and now the judge know for certain.

 MvdV> You forget the legal obligation to share evidence with the defence
 MvdV> and that rulings are public.

Not according to the reports on it. The evidence must be shown to all
parties involved, but no one has the right to reveal it to the public
until the case is closed or tried. It isn't closed yet.

                R\%/itt


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