Review

One request concerned a conviction in 2014 for, among other things, voluntary manslaughter. In 2015, the Supreme Court rejected the appeal in cassation lodged against this. However, the request was improperly submitted, namely not through the Supreme Court's web portal, by an attorney who has since ceased to practice. The convicted person was informed of this and given the opportunity to have an attorney submit a request correctly. This has not occurred. Therefore, the request was not considered.

In the “Deventer murder case” – involving a 2000 murder conviction which carried a twelve-year prison sentence and which had been the subject of multiple requests for review – the Advocate General decided as early as in 2014 to order a further investigation. A request for review was submitted to the Supreme Court in 2022. The Supreme Court rejected this request in 2023. The request submitted in 2025 was sent to the Advisory Committee on Concluded Criminal Cases (ACAS) for its opinion the same year. The ACAS had not issued its advice yet in the reporting year.

Another request concerned a conviction in 2005 carrying a sentence of life in prison for, among other things, two murders and one attempted voluntary manslaughter, preceded by a criminal offence and committed with the object of seeking impunity for himself. The appeal in cassation lodged against this was rejected by the Supreme Court in 2006. The request in this case is a second request for further investigation. Following the previous request for further investigation in 2013, the Supreme Court rejected a request for review in 2016. The request was sent to the ACAS for advice during the reporting year. The ACAS had not issued its advice yet in the reporting year.

Another request concerned a conviction in 2015 carrying a sentence of 11 years imprisonment for voluntary manslaughter and money laundering. In 2016, the Supreme Court declared inadmissible an appeal in cassation against the convicting judgment of the Court of Appeal. The request was sent to the ACAS for its opinion during the reporting year. The ACAS had not issued its advice yet in the reporting year.

One request concerned a conviction in 2001 carrying a sentence of 24 months juvenile detention and committal to a young offenders' institution for voluntary manslaughter. The appeal in cassation lodged against this was rejected by the Supreme Court in 2003. The request was sent to the ACAS for its opinion during the reporting year. The ACAS had not issued its advice yet in the reporting year.

A final request concerned a conviction in 2020 carrying a sentence of 22 years imprisonment for, among other things, two attempted murders and one attempted voluntary manslaughter. The request was sent to the ACAS for its opinion during the reporting year. The ACAS had not issued its advice yet in the reporting year.

Earlier requests

Two requests were sent to the ACAS for its opinion in 2024. Following the opinion of the ACAS, the requests were allowed during the reporting year.

Another request concerned a conviction in 2017 carrying a sentence of life in prison for, among other things, two murders. In 2019, the Supreme Court rejected the appeal in cassation lodged against this. The request was sent to the ACAS for its opinion during the reporting year. The ACAS issued its opinion at the end of the reporting year. This request had not been decided on yet in the reporting year.

One further request concerned a conviction in 1993 carrying a sentence of one year imprisonment followed by detention under a hospital order with compulsory treatment. This request had not been decided on yet in the reporting year.