Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 24th May 2009 12:06 UTC
Mid-April, the four founders of The Pirate Bay were found guilty of being accessories to breaching copyright law; they aided in breaching copyright of 33 files. As a result, they were sentenced to one year in jail and a 2.75 million EUR fine. However, it was quickly revealed that the judge in the case was heavily biased, and ever since then there's been a search for a judge who is actually not involved with any pro-copyright groups or with the lawyers working for the entertainment industry in this case. Turns out that's actually kind of hard.
Permalink for comment 365229
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
Member since:
2005-07-06
;)
No. Next will be that people accused of violating gun-laws won't get put in front of a judge who are a member of a organization trying to impose stricter gun-control laws. And after that people accused of selling drugs, won't get put in front of a judge who is a member of a organization working towards legalizing drugs.
Both cases are wrong. The judge cannot be biased towards one side or the other.