COMMOTION broke out in the Depok District Court on Wednesday last week. Tens of media activists who filled the courtroom could no longer contain their indignation. When the head of the panel of judges, Suwidya, finished delivering the verdict, the activists—of whom many were wearing white shirts stating “Reject Slow-Witted Public Prosecutors”—unanimously let out a scream: “Booo...”

That day Suwidya banged his gavel, deciding that 57-