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80-year-old sentenced for gross child pornography offence

An 80-year-old man recorded intimate details about thousands of girls over several decades. However, the mapping was not considered criminal and the man was instead prosecuted for having a large number of images with gross child pornographic content.

80-year-old sentenced for gross child pornography offence

Expert: Loopholes may save the databases

HD stops legal databases from sharing verdicts with their subscribers because it contradicts the EU's data protection regulation GDPR. But Nils Funcke, an expert on the principle of public access, believes that there may be loopholes that allow the databases to continue their operations.

Expert: Loopholes may save the databases

HD Decision May Stop Lexbase and Acta Publica

Popular legal databases such as Lexbase and Acta Publica may be forced to close after a ruling in the Supreme Court. According to the Supreme Court, they are no longer allowed to share verdicts in criminal cases with their subscribers.

HD Decision May Stop Lexbase and Acta Publica

Court Rejects Vattenfall Project

The Land and Environment Court at Umeå District Court rejects the state-owned energy company Vattenfall's application to rebuild Juktan's power station. Do it again and do it right, is the message from the court.

Court Rejects Vattenfall Project

Murder Suspects Released

Two men who were prosecuted for the murder of a man in Umeå were released when the trial against them ended on Wednesday, local media report. In October last year, a severely injured man was found outdoors in the Mariehem area.

Murder Suspects Released