Bayabasin, victim of judicial “error”.

Is he a seasoned criminal or a harrowing victim of corruption, power and manipulation? Hüseyin Baybasin has been imprisoned since 27 March 1998. In several Dutch prisons under a mostly very limited regime. And without the prospect of release, because life imprisonment in the Netherlands is really life imprisonment. Several people, including former prison directors such as Bart Molenkamp, former director of the EBI in Vught and Frans Douw, former director of the PI Zuyder Bos in Heerhugowaard, are convinced of his innocence. Wim van der Pol and Klaas Langendoen (former detective) wrote a convincing book on the whole Baybasin case, explaining on all fronts the abuse of power, manipulation and dishonesty in this case. But Hans van der Ven, former head of signal analysis of the Military Intelligence and Security Service, and last but not least Professor Ton Derksen, the man behind the revision of Lucia de Berk's sentence, are also convinced of Baybasin's innocence. He wrote a number of books in which he convincingly demonstrates that the evidence against Baybasin was not only falsely obtained, but also completely incorrect in substance. An overwhelming amount of new facts and expert reports was provided by Adele van der Plas, the never relentless lawyer of Baybasin. The lawyer general at the Supreme Court, Mr. Aben, has seven years (!) studied on this request and found arguments to turn the case in such a way that the Supreme Court rejected this request for revision. Professor Derksen said about Mr. Aben's research: “He is either very stupid (and he is not) or very bad, the choice is yours.”