In 2022, two men were convicted for driving under the influence. Frank in a cheap, old car, unemployed with debt. Jakob in a new, expensive Audi, worth millions. Their cases were nearly identical, but their sentences could not have been further apart. - ThreadSky

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lighthousereports.com • 49 days ago

In 2022, two men were convicted for driving under the influence. Frank in a cheap, old car, unemployed with debt. Jakob in a new, expensive Audi, worth millions. Their cases were nearly identical, but their sentences could not have been further apart.

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lighthousereports.com•49 days ago

Jakob walked free, sentenced to community service. Frank was sentenced to three weeks in prison. Why?

lighthousereports.com•49 days ago

Norway’s criminal justice system ranks as one of the most impartial in the world. Yet with partner NRK, we found that people are on trial not only for what they may have done, but for who they are.

lighthousereports.com•49 days ago

Data-driven criminal justice reporting is hard to do in Europe. Obtaining verdicts and usable data is difficult. Norway, which has no centralized database of verdicts, is no different

lighthousereports.com•49 days ago

So we built our own database containing 1000s of criminal cases, defendants and judges from Norway’s criminal justice system, which ranks as one of the most impartial in the world. All to answer the question: does who you are affect the sentence you receive?

lighthousereports.com•49 days ago

Income, age, gender and migration background are associated with sentencing, even when accounting for 12s of other factors, like convictions & aggravating factors

lighthousereports.com•49 days ago

Our findings in particular point to stark class injustice within Norwegian courts. Jakob and Frank are part of a larger pattern where those who earn the least are punished more harshly than those who earn the most.

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