English-Swedish translations for show trial

• skenprocess en
• skenrättegång en
  I en skenrättegång dömdes han förra månaden till sex månaders fängelse för spridande av falsk information.Last month in a show trial, he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for spreading false information.
  Vid en skenrättegång dömdes nyligen presidentens viktigaste politiska motståndare till inte mindre än fem års fängelse.Their Honours recently sentenced the principal political opponents of the president in a show trial to no less than five years in prison.
  På så sätt fortsätter denna absurda och tydligt politiskt motiverade skenrättegång mot de tidigare ägarna till Yukos.It is by these means that the justice system is continuing its absurd and clearly politically motivated show trial of Yukos' former owners.

Definition of show trial

• A trial held for appearance's sake, but for which the verdict is predetermined; ''especially'when the verdict is "guilty", and the purpose of the trial is to make an example of the accused.

Related words

• strip show
• Partrishow
• stripshow club