Submitting a case - Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology : Amsterdam Laboratory for Legal Psychology

There are no costs involved for the submitter of a case for Project Reasonable Doubt. You can use the form below to submit an application for your case to be investigated.

We request this information to make a well-founded decision on which cases to select. The information will be viewed only by employees of VU University Amsterdam and will not be saved in an online database. This website uses a secure connection (check the green lock symbol in your browser).

You can also submit your case via e-mail or post. In that case, please make sure that you answer the questions listed below in your e-mail or letter.

Dr. J.J. Van der Kemp
VU University Amsterdam
Faculty of Law
Department of Criminal Law and Criminology
De Boelelaan 1105
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands

All fields are required, unless otherwise indicated.

Contact details applicant (you)

Full name

E-mail

Phone number

Street + house number

Postal code

City

Country

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About the convicted suspect

Name of the convict

Date of birth of the convict

Place of birth of the convict

Lawyer of the convict (optional)

Based on what evidence was the suspect convicted?

What part of the sentence has been served?

Is there proof of the convict's innocence?

yesno

What does the proof of innocence consist of? Is it new?

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About the crime

Date of the crime*

*If the case concerns multiple dates or a period of time, this can be described below under 'circumstances of the crime' and the first or start date can be indicated above.

Place of the crime

About the victims (optional)

Circumstances of the crime

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About the District Court (Rechtbank)

Which District Court (Rechtbank)?

Date of the verdict (vonnis)

Verdict District Court (vonnis)

Explanation of the evidence (bewijsmiddelen)

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About the Court of Appeal (Gerechtshof)

Which Court of Appeal (Gerechtshof)?

Date of the verdict (arrest)

Verdict Court of Appeal (arrest)

Explanation of the evidence (bewijsmiddelen)

Lawyer's plea (pleidooi)

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Supreme Court (Hoge Raad)

Has the case been brought to the Supreme Court (Hoge Raad)?
yesno

Verdict Supreme Court (arrest bij cassatie)

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Co-suspects

Were co-suspects involved?
yesno

Number of co-suspects

What happened to them?