Professor Matti Tolvanen opens the impact of a judgment on Iltalehti.
Jethro Rostedt will be heard on Wednesday in a recognition trial. Mikko Huisko
On Tuesday, Jethro Rostedt admitted that he was guilty of aggravated financial crimes. It was previously confirmed by the District Court of Southwest Finland that the session of the trial on Wednesday is now becoming a recognition trial.
Matti Tolvanen, Professor Emeritus of Criminal and Process Law, opens up to Iltalehti what a recognition trial means for the judgment.
Tolvanen says that, with normally a trial of a recognition, the judgment is less minor than the original.
– It could be more, but you have to be at least a third.
Thus, if the sentence was normally a year in prison, it could be 8 months in prison after the trial.
Rostedt is accused of gross tax evasion. The criminal title in Finland is sentenced to at least four months and up to four years in prison.
However, according to Tolvanen, the judgment in the acknowledgment of the judgment is regulated by Tolvanen, that the sentence may be up to two -thirds less than other than what could otherwise be convicted.
Tolvanen says that it is also the practice that if the judgment is closer to two years and would be absolute, it may be sentenced to a conditional recognition trial.
– Many people admit to avoid being in prison. That is, as the punishment decreases, it can be prescribed conditional.
According to Tolvanen, it is precisely the avoidance of imprisonment to be a general reason why the accused goes on a trial.
– What is quite understandable that if you avoid a prison by a recognition trial, then it’s pretty attractive.
Rostedt’s financial crimes will be heard on Wednesday in the District Court of Southwest Finland.