Protest rallies. Fake social media profiles. Graffiti with “F*ck class justice”. And a YouTuber who ‘exposes’ the Reuzegommers. The popular anger after the verdict in the Sanda Dia case does not go away. A trial should be a purification for victims and society, but that does not seem to be the case. Why this sense of injustice? Former judge Edwin Van Fraechem (81) and cultural sociologist Walter Weyns (UAntwerp) shed their light on the case.
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ANALYSIS. Why is the popular anger after the verdict in the Reuzegom case so great? “If judges would judge as the masses demand, it would become really dangerous”
