Tokens: Despite
the
title
of
the
chapter
,
“
Background
to
the
case
”
,
paragraph
12
begins
not
with
the
murder
but
with
the
date
of
the
guilty
verdict
,
9
March
1989
.
What
is
the
reason
for
displacing
a
fundamental
fact
in
this
way
?
I
do
not
know
,
but
I
find
it
interesting
to
read
(
in
paragraph
14
)
that
the
judgment
of
10
March
1989
passing
sentence
on
the
applicant
“
relied
primarily
”
on
a
judgment
of
5
February
1988
.
The
applicant
was
sentenced
to
life
imprisonment
in
1989
,
and
the
sentencing
judgment
interpreted
“
life
imprisonment
”
to
mean
imprisonment
“
for
the
remainder
of
the
convicted
person
’s
life
”
,
on
the
basis
of
the
1988
judgment
.
The
fact
that
the
murder
took
place
in
1987
was
overlooked
,
yet
in
a
State
based
on
the
rule
of
law
the
law
applicable
to
a
criminal
act
is
the
law
in
force
at
the
time
of
the
act
.
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