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A four-year-old bid to jail members of Greece's neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn accused of murder, billed as one of the most important trials in modern Greek history, could be nearing its conclusion. With a log of some 350 witnesses, more than 100 lawyers on bothEndgame in 'historic' 4-year Greek neo-Nazi party trial
A four-year-old bid to jail members of Greece's neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn accused of murder, billed as one of the most important trials in modern Greek history, could be nearing its conclusion. With a log of some 350 witnesses, more than 100 lawyers on both sides and a case file 1.5 terabytes in size, the «historic» trial that began on April 20, 2015, could credibly be completed by the end of the year, says prosecution lawyer Chryssa Papadopoulou. «For the first time since the Nuremberg Trials, a political party stands accused of operating as a criminal organisation, with its members committing acts of violence,» Papadopoulou told AFP at the Athens court of appeals where the trial is taking place. With local and European elections upcoming in May, and national elections expected in October, the verdict will have heavy political implications -- Golden Dawn is the fourth largest party in parliament with an electorate of more than 300,000. Party founder and leader Nikos Michaloliakos, a 61-year-old mathematician and Holocaust denier, and another 68 defendants face sentences of five to 20 years in prison. Their main charge is participation in a criminal organisation, in addition to... Read more