Finland's Prosecutor General opposes overturning the sexual offense convictions for Anneli Auer and Jens Kukka.
Widow Anneli Auer was twice convicted, and then acquitted, of killing her husband in a case known as the Ulvila homicide, which has been in and out of the headlines in Finland for nearly 20 years.
Lurid tales of satanic sexual abuse were told by three of her four children, leading Auer and her then-boyfriend, Jens Kukka, to eventually be convicted on those charges.
Last year, Auer said she wanted her conviction annulled after her children said they wished to retract their testimony, claiming the sex abuse never happened.
Prosecutor General Ari-Pekka Koivisto said he opposes Auer and Kukka's requests to have their sexual abuse convictions overturned. After conducting an additional investigation into the matter, Koivisto recommended rejecting their request. His decision was sealed.
The Supreme Court is now handling Auer and Kukka's appeal to overturn the convictions. The court is also set to decide on publicising materials related to the case, records which have up until now been kept from public view.
Prior to the sex abuse convictions, Auer was accused of murdering her husband in the so-called Ulvila murder case. After a lengthy legal process, she was eventually found not guilty.
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