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Will Pope Benedict found guilty of causing thousands of AIDS casualties by his anti-condom policy?

Background: Osama Bin Laden was acquitted of the 9/11 attacks due to the lack of evidence by this court: A fictional court which consists of a peoples jury for which the defendant of a controversial person makes a speech of defense in a Dutch TV show.

The Devil's Lawyer

Pope Benedict XIV is the second person to be judged in the TV show by the audience and a jury. He will be charged in three ways, one of these will be the guilt of causing thousands of AIDS casualties by his anti-condom policy.

Will he be found guilty in this accusation?

TV show is set on Wednesday, April 15, 20:50 CET

http://www.avro.nl/tv/programmas_a-z/advocaat_van_de_duivel/afleveringen/20090415.aspx (Dutch)

Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
Forecast history %
Found guilty
61%
Found not guilty
34%
No judgement for any reason
5%
Settled as Found guilty on Thu 16th Apr 5:56am PST

Suspend date: Wed 15th Apr 11:50am PST
Settlement date: Thu 16th Apr 5:56am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Wed 15th Apr 11:50am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Found guilty: 49%, Found not guilty: 49%, No judgement for any reason: 2%

Action history:

Created Thu 9th Apr 6:54am PST by kruijs[Power User]
Suspended Wed 15th Apr 11:50am PST : Suspend date reached
Settlement requested Thu 16th Apr 3:24am PST by horatiomonty: Guilty as on http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/0,1518,619294,00.html
Settled as 'Found guilty' Thu 16th Apr 5:56am PST by jenniandboys[Admin]: The Pope is guilty, but not Bin Laden. The Dutch are interesting...

http://74.125.93.132/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=de&tl=en&u=http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/0,1518,619294,00.html&prev=_t&usg=ALkJrhjE_TiqTSSdlaOtranPI4SKqtmPmg

Suspend date: Wed 15th Apr 11:50am PST
Settlement date: Thu 16th Apr 5:56am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Wed 15th Apr 11:50am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details

 

Predictions (224)

31 weeks ago
scotttd predicted Found guilty (H$200 at 60%)
31 weeks ago
galad predicted Found not guilty (H$20 at 36%)
31 weeks ago
phules predicted Found not guilty (H$100 at 35%)
31 weeks ago
maharius predicted Found guilty (H$50 at 62%)
31 weeks ago
killdozer predicted Found guilty (H$1,000 at 58%)

Comments (12)

  1 kruijs[Power User]
View the Bin Laden trial online:
http://player.omroep.nl/?aflID=9291833
posted 32 weeks ago
  2 buckojo
i appreciate the q kruij, but really, this aint going nowhere - all my cash on no decision
posted 32 weeks ago
  3 oocares
Which way will Orange Holland go?
posted 32 weeks ago
  4 kruijs[Power User]
More about the TV Show - in English this time - here:

Dutch TV show exonerates bin Laden
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04/10/2540677.htm?section=world
posted 32 weeks ago
  5 daddeoh
I think that if this court didn't convict Bin Laden then it is unlikely to convict the pope.
posted 32 weeks ago
  6 frogchop
Errrm, it's a reality TV show, not a real court. If you think it's liberal or conservative, it's neither. It's drama and what could be more dramatic than finding Bin Laden innocent and the Pope guilty.
posted 31 weeks ago
Yeah, guilty as hell, the man... :-D
he only got away in the antisemitism charge.
Sorry, got only the German news: http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/0,1518,619294,00.html
posted 31 weeks ago
  8 hfl13
Waiting for round three.
posted 31 weeks ago
  9 oocares
..as I said; ORANGE.
;)
posted 31 weeks ago
Right on! I won some money finally.

Not so surprising the Dutch would vote this way. The Pope is on record for having made the stupid ass charge that Condoms cause Aids.

Bin Laden on the other hand may or may not be the guy behind 9-11. America's seemingly non interest in hunting him down has led many people to scratch their heads and ask more than a few questions.

Toss in Bush focusing on Iraq, a country that had NOTHING to do with 9-11 and well....you start to wonder who the REAL perps of 9-11 might be....
posted 31 weeks ago
  11 kruijs[Power User]
round 3 will follow as soon as available :)
posted 31 weeks ago
  12 candelario
fantastic!
posted 31 weeks ago

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