Chief Prosecutor Alex Whiting in 2014: Least KLA cases, strongest Serbs in court

Alex Whiting was the chief prosecutor of the case in Fatmir Limaj's trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

In 2014, Whiting had given a long interview published by “Brandeis University”.

He, among other things, had himself shown the distinction between Croatian, Serbian and KLA defendants.

According to him, the KLA fighters' cases were weaker, while the cases of Serbian defendants were stronger in court.

“It was an interesting thing for lawyers from the Balkans and Serbian defendants alike to be the strongest cases in court. Serbian defendants, for their cultural, political and ideological reasons, tended to hire local lawyers, Serbian lawyers, who were often ahead and less qualified, while indictees from Croatia, KLA defendants and Bosnian Muslim defendants were the weakest cases they hired lawyers from Great Britain, France and the United States, who were fully known, fish in this system“, was expressed in 2014.

Also, about the importance of the course had spoken a few months ago, even Nevenka Tromp, a legalist at Amsterdam University at the same time, The Hague Tribunal's researcher for crimes in the former Yugoslavia, who had estimated that so far he has not seen any sign in the case of KLA leaders, who are being accused by the Special Court that anyone could be convicted.

From my personal experience, reading the indictment against Thaci and others, I can't see how any of them would be found guilty of any of the charges of the indictment and I don't see any sign, if there is eventually a plea for any of the charges, that they would reach a decision and sentence for one or more years in prison.“, it was Nevenka Tromp.

Total interview: https://scholarworks.bradis.edu/esplo/outputs/onther/An-interview-with-Alex-Whitting-Office/99239259911921/files AndLinks?index=0