SWEDEN: "Swedish prosecutors and lawyers in big trouble" {Translate} - Article

GOOGLE TRANSLATION Swedish prosecutors and lawyers in big trouble Published 2015-04-04 14:14 Brawl in right at the big goals The two major goals - cocaine goal and Södertälje [Sweden city] goal - the mood has been very hateful. The supporters accused the prosecutors to present evidence that is not held, while the material that pointed in another direction was withheld law. The cocaine goal acquitted the accused chief, who first sentenced to 18 years in prison. According to authorities, the bad atmosphere in the big goals a trend. Operational Council inquiry conducted by a prosecutor and a police officer. A large number of representatives from the investigating authorities - prosecutors, police, customs officials, SAPO Staff - are interviewed, as well as some lawyers. A report will later this spring. 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That is how the authorities work together against serious organized crime trends in the major goals in a report to the government. Now studies are in progress to access problems, appointed by the Operative Council, where executives from the cooperating authorities collected. - It's about the process does not concentrate on what you normally concentrates on issues of law and assessment of the evidence but rather on matters not at all to do with it. There may be discussion of the preliminary investigation formalities or how a particular statements of evidence gathered in, says chief prosecutor Björn Blomqvist, leading the investigation from the prosecutor. The efficiency decreases and confidence in the legal process can be damaged, according to the prosecutor. - In the courtroom, a question of law settled, it should not be a circus performance, says Björn Blomqvist. The purpose of the investigation is not to blame lawyers, according Blomqvist, but rather to find better ways of working for the investigating authorities. - They can begin to follow the law, says lawyer Thomas Martinson defenders in the so-called cocaine goal, one of the major goals where lawyers fallen sharply at odds with the prosecutors. Operational Council investigation he calls "pure nonsense". - How can it be wrong to use the rules of the law dictated? Should we have a försvararkår not critical, a bowing and bending C thread? Thomas Olsson, defenders of the great Sodertalje goal, call the Council's inquiry "unpleasant" and says that prosecutors are responsible for the bitter trials. - You start the trial before the investigation is complete and then overwhelms defense with lots of new material. At the same time withholds man investigative material is crucial. Bar Association's Secretary General Anne Ramberg objects to the authorities allegations of a larger trend. - Sets any irrelevant questions will judge curb the behavior, but I have not received indications that the judges experienced an increase. On The Contrary. Brawl in the law occurred mainly in cocaine case and Södertälje The goal, she says. - It is the lawyer's duty to defend his client's interests. To criticize lawyers to them under the Code of Procedure allows procedural objections are deeply worrying, says Ramberg. Carl V Andersson / TT http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/svenska-aklagare-och-advokater-i-storbrak/ Article looks very interesting ... but it's a bad translation, so it's hard to work out exactly what's going on.  Some kind of inquiry concerning the legal / law enforcement sector. Allegations of interest: Prosecutors presenting evidence not held. Prosecutors overwhelming defence with new material. Prosecutors withholding exculpatory evidence.  Legal system sounds terrible. Södertäljeis a Swedish city, 30km south-west of Stockholm.  Population:  39% from foreign backgrounds - largest group Assyrian.  Looks like mainly Christian Syriac refugees from Iraq war.  City has taken more Iraqi refugees than Canada and the US combined.  Syriac-Aramaic and Arabic largest non-Swedish languages.  Second largest port in Sweden.  Industry:  ScaniaAB (trucks); pharmaceutical AstraZeneca and Volkswagen group. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sweden Södertäljeis Anne Ramberg - Bar Assoc Sec Gen Bjorn Blomqvist - Chief Prosecutor Thomas Martinson Thomas Olsson