Prosecutor Insists He’ll Keep Trying to Convict Christian Lawmaker of ‘Hate’
Päivi Räsänen (Facebook)
This article originally appeared on WND.com
Guest by post by Bob Unruh
Has lost twice in lower courts, now going to nation’s highest judiciary
Twice, a lawmaker has been cleared by a court of “hate speech” for posting a Bible verse online.
But the prosecutor, in Finland, is insisting on appealing his latest loss to the nation’s Supreme Court.
A report from the ADF reveals, “The Finnish state prosecutor will appeal the second unanimous court decision that exonerated Finnish Member of Parliament Päivi Räsänen and Lutheran Bishop Juhana Pohjola of ‘hate speech’ allegations for sharing their faith-based beliefs.”
The organization says the twice-failed prosecutor is demanding “tens of thousands of Euros in fines and insisting that Räsänen’s and Pohjola’s publications be censored.”
The decision follows a ruling last November from the Helsinki Court of Appeals that dismissed all claims against Räsänen and Pohjola,
