Finland Times

The Court of Appeal in February ruled that Auer is innocent of her husband's murder. Two justices of the three-member bench decided acquittal of Auer.

According to legal scholars, the Court of Appeal thoroughly went back through the evidence in the case. 

Prosecutors, some of Auer's children as well as one relative of the victim tried to get the Supreme Court to reverse the acquittal but were unsuccessful.

Prosecutors were seeking to vacate the acquittal because, among other things, the sentencing threshold in the Ulvila case was exceptionally high.

The application to appeal was decided on by Prosecutor General Matti Nissinen. He believed that reason for the appeal was also significant to the credibility of the entire criminal justice system and the coherence of legal policies.

The Ulvila murder case has gone through every legal avenue twice. Auer was twice convicted of murder in court, and the Appellate Court dismissed the judgment twice.

The Supreme Court was the last chance to reopen the case, since new evidence had come to light. The new evidence was claims made by the Auer children.

Anneli Auer's husband was murdered in their family home in Ulvila in December 2006.

The first District Court ruling was given in the homicide case in 2010. The Ministry of Justice estimated in the spring that the Ulvila homicide case has, so far, cost more than euro two million.