Witnesses deny former Foca policeman raped two women in 1992, saying he often risked his safety to help others. After the closing arguments, a verdict is due by early February 2009.
Drastic revisions in prison sentences between first and second instances are either a sign that the appeal process if working well, or a sign that something is very wrong with the judicial system.
Disagreements over which trials should be held before the State Court, and which should go before lower courts, will continue until a war-crimes strategy finally sorts out the issue of case referral.
After the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed the indictment, it has suspended seven staff members from Foca prison, who are indicted for having helped Radovan Stankovic escape.
A court expert - a psychiatrist - determined that losing a child and being raped are two things that have the most deteriorating consequences on one's personality.