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WORLD, Page 33World NotesSWEDENThe Verdict Is a Question
The decision left many Swedes more dissatisfied than ever with
the bungled investigation of the February 1986 murder of Prime
Minister Olof Palme. Last week a panel of judges found Carl Gustaf
Christer Pettersson, 42, a former mental patient with a long
criminal record, guilty of the slaying and sentenced him to life
in prison. The court split 6 to 2, with six lay judges convinced
that Pettersson gunned down Palme. But the two professional judges
on the panel voted for acquittal.
Throughout the five-week trial, Pettersson, who had previously
been convicted of more than 60 offenses, including the 1970 bayonet
slaying of a man near the Palme murder scene, maintained his
innocence. The key witness against him was Palme's widow Lisbet,
who told the court she was absolutely certain that Pettersson was
the man she saw when she turned around after her husband fell. An
appeals court will decide in September if there was sufficient
evidence to convict Pettersson.