Facts
{ "title": \"Multiple Rape and Coercion: Federal Court Confirms Guilty Verdict", \"facts": \"The appellant [X.] was found guilty by the Basel-Stadt Criminal Court of multiple rape, sexual coercion, coercion, threats, attempted threats, simple bodily harm, and assault. The Basel-Stadt Court of Appeal confirmed the judgment and increased the prison sentence to 5 ½ years. The appellant now requests a full acquittal.
The indictment alleges that [X.] repeatedly raped his wife [A.] , sexually coerced her, physically harmed her, assaulted her, coerced her, and threatened her. He also allegedly attempted to coerce his father-in-law [B.] and threaten him.
The Basel-Stadt Criminal Court found [X.] guilty and sentenced him to four years' imprisonment and a fine of CHF 1,500. It also ordered him to pay compensation of CHF 12,000 to [A.] and CHF 5,427.20 to the Victim Support Service of both Basels.
", \"reasoning": \"The Federal Court dismissed the appeal by [X.] . The lower court had rejected the request for an order of a psychological expert opinion, as no peculiarities in the person or signs of cognitive errors in the statements of the respondent 2 were apparent.
The lower court plausibly justifies why it rejects the request for an order of a psychological expert opinion. It considers that there are no peculiarities in the person or signs of cognitive errors in the statements of the respondent 2. The diagnosis of a prolonged adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressive reaction does not constitute a disorder that could seriously impair the ability to perceive, remember, or reproduce.
The Federal Court also dismissed the appellant's complaint that the lower court had violated the principle "in dubio pro reo\". The lower court had evaluated the statements of the respondent 2 in a differentiated and critical manner and had dealt with the history of the assaults.
The Federal Court also dismissed the appellant's complaint that the lower court had conducted an inadmissible anticipated evaluation of the evidence. The lower court had hypothetically supplemented the provisional result of the evidence with the facts of the request for evidence and evaluated them, and came to the…