Without a formal objection by the foreign Government, the individual defendants would not have had legal standing to raise the issue.
The three individual defendants could face fines of $100,000 for each violation.
For the individual defendants, this has been a harrowing experience.
Each individual defendant faces a maximum of three years in prison and a $100,000 fine.
According to Norwegian law, the police do not discuss individual defendants or the charges against them before a trial.
The court then dropped the individual defendants, including Tinsley, and the case has since been dismissed.
Before, the hospital and physician would be sued, but it was rare to name a nurse as an individual defendant.
But they have no right to use a criminal trial of individual defendants for such a purpose.
Judicial officers can set a myriad of different conditions tailored to individual defendants.
As a result, the case was remanded to the trial court for further proceedings against the individual defendants.