Focus:Truth - Straffets dubbla rättvisa

Criminologist Magnus Hörnqvist writes in the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond yearbook about punishment and how it has changed over time. Here he opens the screening of Jim Sheridan and David Merriman’s Re-Creation by reflecting on truth, rightful punishment, and other forms of retribution, with references reaching as far back as ancient Greece. Re-Creation is a hybrid docudrama in which a fictional jury is tasked with judging a real criminal case, based on a trial that never took place. We sit in on a staged jury deliberation; we scrutinize facts and testimonies and gradually realize how frighteningly easy it is for us to be manipulated by emotions and sensationalism.

To attend the lecture, which will be in Swedish, a ticket to the screening of Re-Creation is required.

In collaboration with the Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences