What is Fredrik Fasting Torgersen?
[[File:Oppstilling-2.jpg|thumb|Fredrik Fasting Torgersen in the centre of a [[police lineup]]]] '''Fredrik Ludvig Fasting Torgersen''' (1 October 1934 – 19 June 2015) was a [[Norwegians|Norwegian]] man who was convicted of [[murder]] in 1958. Serving 16 years in prison before being released, he has claimed his innocence many times.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|year=2007|title=Torgersen-saken|first=Jon Knut |last=Berg |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]]|editor=Henriksen, Petter|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/Torgersen-saken|language=Norwegian|accessdate=28 July 2009}}</ref> In 2013 Bjørg Njaa, a daughter of a judge in the 1958 trial said that her father was prejudiced against Torgersen even before being assigned to the trial.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dagsavisen.no/nye-inntrykk/reportasje/torgersens-testamente/ |title=Torgersens testamente |access-date=2015-06-19 |archive-date=2013-07-05 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130705150238/http://www.dagsavisen.no/nye-inntrykk/reportasje/torgersens-testamente/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2014 he was denied access to official recordings of then leader of the [[Norwegian Board of Forensic Medicine]], Bjørnar Olaisen, answering to [[Criminal Cases Review Commission (Norway)|Criminal Cases Review Commission]].<ref name=2014tapeNews>[http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/fasting-faar-ikke-utlevert-lydbaand/a/10139587/ Fasting får ikke utlevert lydbånd] [Fasting will not receive audio tape]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Torgersen, Fredrik Fasting}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Norwegian murderers]] {{bio-stub}}