Will Geert Wilders get a 'fair' trial?

Question

"A Dutch court ruled in favour of a request by Mr Wilders' defence lawyer to have new trial judges installed after allegations of improper conduct by a member of a judicial appeals panel directly involved in the case."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/8081422/Geert-Wilders-trial-faces-restart-after-judges-dismissed.html

Answer 1

Don't worry, Geert is super human. Even the prosecution are on his side.



The public prosecution department on Friday (15 October) afternoon stated that Geert Wilders is not guilty of discriminating against Muslims and urged judges to find him not guilty. Earlier on Friday the department said he should also be found not guilty of inciting hatred against Muslims.

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/10/wilders_not_guilty_of_inciting.php

Answer 2

Geert Wilders will get a fair trial,In fact there is very little doubt he will be acquitted, he would most likely have been already if he had not opted to have the judges removed on the suspicion of them being biased.

This all revolves about jurisprudence and the conflict between two constitutional rights and undoubtedly the right to free speech will take precedence if it comes to the nitty gritty.

Undoubtedly the remarks Wilders makes about Islam are insulting and hurtful to many a Muslim and that is why they pressed charges ranging from Incitement to hatred, discrimination and denying people the right to religious freedom.

But both parties are showboating milking this trial for political gain.

The Public prosecutors didn't want to prosecute in the first place seeing no possible way to get a conviction but were forced to do so by a Judiciary panel ( independent Judges ) who saw enough grounds.

Most of these judges are reputed to be sympathizers of Democrats 66 a middle ground political party and their front man in parliament is one of the most outspoken opponents of Wilders.

So this trial has created a lot of bad blood and has become intensely political.

The judge has made a few clumsy remarks and one of the members of the Judiciary panels members was seen at a dinner party with one of Wilders' key witnesses.( an Islam expert ).

So the defense asked if they could hear this witness ( luckily present in the audience ) to hear if attempts were made to influence his testimony.

The judges denied that request ( for the time being ) after which the request was made by the defense to have them removed.

( The witness afterward declared in an interview his testimony wasn't changed one Iota,so it was never an issue as far as he was concerned ).

The request was granted and we'll have to start all over again it seems.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

There's nothing to indict him for. He simply exercised his right of free speech. He denounced the Islamic ideology, not Muslims. He criticised a religious/political regime without succumbing to the temptation of racism, which is forbidden by most international statutes. He once went on record saying "I hate Islam, not Muslims". There is no racism implied there, which is one of the prime reasons for his trial. You can expect him to be exonerated in the near future after a fair trial which was blinkered by the specter of populism.

Answer 6

No he will not get a fair trial, he wasn't even allowed to call up 15 of his 18 witnesses.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96ZUZ9CPZII



@Fly

Try to say something bad about Christianity to a Christian, or say something bad about Judaism to a Jew, then see what happens.

Then say something bad about Islam to a Muslim then see how long you live.

Answer 7

Isn't it marvellous, A Muslim can incite violence oppression and hate, carry banners calling for all non believers to be beheaded, stone women to death, marry off little girls to old men for money. force their daughters to marry against their will and kill them if they refuse.....But let one man stand in criticism....let one man Question their insane "religion" and he is arrested and victimised every where he goes. The people of Europe should hang their cowardly heads in shame. This man should be supported 100% by all decent civilised people. I wish to hell we had hes equal standing for Britain.

Answer 8

didn't a judge say he's glad wilders is facing charges or something, not very impartial huh.. I guess they'll have to give it one more go and see if they can come up with some none PC fascist judges this time..

Answer 9

What a travesty. Geert should be given a medal.