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Fredrik Fasting Torgersen

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Fredrik Ludvig Fasting Torgersen (1 October 1934 – 18 June 2015) was a Norwegian man who was convicted of murder in 1958 in a much-debated case, and released from prison in 1974. [1]

32 relations: Aftenposten, André Bjerke, Dagbladet, Dagsavisen, Ebba Haslund, Expert witness, Feces, Festschrift, Fredrik Heffermehl, Fritz Moen, Inter Press Service, Jan Erik Vold, Janne Kristiansen, Jens Bjørneboe, Karsten Alnæs, Legal case, Life imprisonment in Norway, Liland affair, Murder, Norwegian Authors' Union, Norwegian Board of Forensic Medicine, Oslo, Oslo District Court, Per Brandtzæg, Pinophyta, Police lineup, Rune Ottosen, Ståle Eskeland, Store norske leksikon, Supreme Court of Norway, Thorvald Steen, Verdens Gang.

Aftenposten

Aftenposten (Norwegian for "The Evening Post") is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation.

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André Bjerke

Jarl André Bjerke (30 January 1918-10 January 1985) was a Norwegian writer and poet.

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Dagbladet

Dagbladet (lit.: The Daily Magazine) is Norway's sixth largest newspaper with a circulation of 46,250 copies in 2016, down from a peak of 228,834 in 1994.

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Dagsavisen

Dagsavisen is a daily newspaper published in Oslo, Norway.

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Ebba Haslund

Ebba Margareta Haslund Halvorsen (12 August 1917 – 10 July 2009) was a Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories, playwright, essayist, children's writer, literary critic, radio speaker and politician.

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Expert witness

An expert witness, in England, Wales and the United States, is a person whose opinion by virtue of education, training, certification, skills or experience, is accepted by the judge as an expert.

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Feces

Feces (or faeces) are the solid or semisolid remains of the food that could not be digested in the small intestine.

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Festschrift

In academia, a Festschrift (plural, Festschriften) is a book honoring a respected person, especially an academic, and presented during their lifetime.

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Fredrik Heffermehl

Fredrik Stang Heffermehl (born 11 November 1938) is a Norwegian jurist, writer and peace activist.

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Fritz Moen

Fritz Yngvar Moen (December 17, 1941 – March 28, 2005) was a Norwegian man wrongfully convicted for two distinct felony murders, serving a total of 18 years in prison.

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Inter Press Service

Inter Press Service (IPS) is a global news agency.

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Jan Erik Vold

Jan Erik Vold (born 18 October 1939) is a Norwegian lyric poet, jazz vocal reciter, translator and author.

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Janne Kristiansen

Janne Kristiansen (born 21 November 1952) is a Norwegian jurist.

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Jens Bjørneboe

Jens Ingvald Bjørneboe (9 October 1920 – 9 May 1976) was a Norwegian writer whose work spanned a number of literary formats.

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Karsten Alnæs

Karsten Alnæs (born 29 May 1938) Norwegian author, historian, and journalist, received advanced dual degrees in history and literature from the University of Oslo.

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Legal case

A legal case is a dispute between opposing parties resolved by a court, or by some equivalent legal process.

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Life imprisonment in Norway

The sentence of life imprisonment under Norwegian law is restricted to the military penal code (e.g., for aiding the enemy during a time of war).

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Liland affair

The Liland affair was a Norwegian murder trial which gave rise to a miscarriage of justice.

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Murder

Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human being with malice aforethought.

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Norwegian Authors' Union

The Norwegian Authors' Union (Den norske Forfatterforening, DnF) is an association of Norwegian authors.

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Norwegian Board of Forensic Medicine

The Norwegian Board of Forensic Medicine (Den rettsmedisinske kommisjon, DRK) is a board appointed by the Ministry of Justice, mainly for assessing expert witness opinions submitted in criminal cases by forensic psychiatrists, pathologists, toxicologists, geneticists and clinical medical practitioners.

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Oslo

Oslo (rarely) is the capital and most populous city of Norway.

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Oslo District Court

Oslo District Court (Oslo tingrett) is the district court serving Oslo, Norway.

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Per Brandtzæg

Per Brandtzæg (9 June 1936 – 11 September 2016) was a Norwegian physician.

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Pinophyta

The Pinophyta, also known as Coniferophyta or Coniferae, or commonly as conifers, are a division of vascular land plants containing a single extant class, Pinopsida.

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Police lineup

A police lineup (in American English) or identity parade (in British English) is a process by which a crime victim or witness's putative identification of a suspect is confirmed to a level that can count as evidence at trial.

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Rune Ottosen

Rune Ottosen (born 7 December 1950) is a Norwegian professor.

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Ståle Eskeland

Ståle Eskeland (25 August 1943 – 26 December 2015) was a Norwegian jurist.

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Store norske leksikon

Store norske leksikon, abbreviated SNL, is a Norwegian language (bokmål) encyclopedia.

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Supreme Court of Norway

The Supreme Court of Norway (Norwegian Bokmål: (Norges) Høyesterett; Norwegian Nynorsk: (Noregs) Høgsterett; lit. ‘Highest Court’) was established in 1815 on the basis of section 88 in the Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway, which prescribes an independent judiciary.

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Thorvald Steen

Thorvald Steen (born 9 January 1954) is a Norwegian writer and government scholar.

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Verdens Gang

Verdens Gang ("The course of the world"), generally known under the abbreviation VG, is a foreign-owned Norwegian tabloid newspaper.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredrik_Fasting_Torgersen

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