SLOVENIA'S ALIENS AT LAW, AN FOI REQUEST
TO: Ministry of Justice / Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
(SURS) / Ministry of the Interior
SUBJECT: Adjusted Proportionality Audit of Judicial Cohorts (1965-2025)
1. MECHANICAL BIAS: HISTORIC TO PRESENT
The integrity of judicial data is predicated on the fidelity of character
encoding. A significant mechanical bias exists within the transition from
traditional paper records to digital databases.
Historic Encoding:
State entities such as AJPES utilize legacy Microsoft ASP architectures.
Technical audits confirm these systems are diacritic-blind; a search for
the character "đ" returns zero results. The letters c, ć, and č are not
distinguished in searches, likewise s and š, z and ž. [1559]
Encoding Entropy:
In these environments, South Slavic and non-Latin characters (e.g., đ, ć,
ł, ż) are frequently "flattened" into ASCII equivalents (d, c, l, z).
The Present Latency:
While modern Unix-based environments (MNZ/CRP) are capable of UTF-8
fidelity, the continued use of legacy front-ends ensures a persistent
"serialization mud." This results in the technical erasure of
orthographical markers before an individual reaches the indictment
phase.
Technical Latency:
State entities utilizing legacy architectures often demonstrate
diacritic-blindness. For example, systems that fail to recognize the
character "đ" force a technical flattening of the record.
Outcome for defendants:
Erasure of orthographical markers before an individual reaches the
indictment phase, creating a demeaning and non-matchable serialization mud
that obscures demographic specificity.
2. ESTIMATING ASSIMILATION BIAS EFFECT ON THE APPLICATION
Distinct from mechanical error, "Assimilation Bias" occurs when the state
actively re-orthographizes names to fit a Slovenian
phonological/alphabetical profile.
The audit will measure Assimilation Bias, where the state
re-orthographizes names to fit a specific profile and/or Windows-1252
character set. For instance replacing "đ" with "ž" or dž so that Farađ
becomes Faradž or just Farad.
This process changes the measurable distance between the individual and
the majority population in aggregate data while maintaining markers used
for subjective judicial selection in local enforcement.
3. NOVAK THEN AND NOW
To establish a baseline for "normal" we utilize the frequency of the top
1017 traditional surnames.
Trend Analysis:
Between 1965 and 2025, the proportion of traditional surnames in the
general population has undergone a documented dilution as the onomastic
spectrum widens.
We seek the rate at which these names are displaced in the general
population to determine if judicial cohorts reflect this demographic shift
or diverge from it. Are there any new entries in the top 1017 at all?
Which left? We anticipate little such movement, such that the base list
for comparison shall a period-wide top 1017.
4. HYPOTHESES FOR STATISTICAL TESTING
Hypothesis A: General Judicial Cohorts
Null Hypothesis (H0A):
There is no significant difference in the onomastic distribution (Standard
vs. Non-Standard names) between the general population and the combined
cohort of prisoners, convicted non-prisoners, indicted individuals, and
those subject to property liens or asset forfeiture.
Alternative Hypothesis (H1A):
Non-Slovenian onomastic profiles are over-represented in imprisoned,
convicted, and indicted cohorts relative to their proportion in the
general population.
Hypothesis B:
As H0A but exclusively only for non-violent offences involving cannabis or
classical psychedelics ("CaPs": marijuana, hashish, LSD, Psilocybin,
mescaline). Disqualified by any history of violence. Does not include
synthetic cannabinoids, spice, or other substances loosely categorized or
misdefined under these heads.
Null Hypothesis (H0B):
There is no significant difference in the onomastic distribution between
the general population and the cohort of CaPs prisoners, convicted
non-prisoners, indicted individuals, and those subject to property liens
or asset forfeiture.
Alternative Hypothesis (H1B):
Onomastic Distance is a positive predictor of the severity of judicial
outcomes (incarceration vs. fines) and the application of property
plunder/liens in non-violent cannabis and classical psychedelics cases.
5. BIAS CHALLENGES
Slovenia's foreign prisoner rate is 52.5% [5991], which is 2.54 times the EU average [5992].
However "more than half of the persons held in the Slovenian prison system
at the time of the 2024 visit were foreign nationals, 80% of whom were
incarcerated in connection with the smuggling of migrants" reports [6018]. An even higher percentage was evident among remand prisoners, as
"foreign nationals suspected of smuggling of migrants were
quasi-systematically remanded in custody."
This 80% and more is however an everyday racist overestimate due to
category error, as KZ-1 308 (2) criminalizes not just "organisers" but
also suggests three months to three years of incarceration for not having
a residence permit. If >0 prisoners who have not organised anything
exist, this must form some proportion of the claimed "80%" or more and
these therefore do belong in our sample.
On the other hand, history shows that CaPs prohibition follows racism
around. It is an excuse. And conditions for legal incomers and even
citizens have been and remain logically impossible to reconcile with
Slovenia's ECHR human rights obligations and equality of treatment [1559].
People smugglers are often foreign. But not always [5994
5996]. These factors lead us to suggest that the intersection between
migration and CaPs offences should be examined with a view to including or
excluding their contribution.
To the Applicant, a residency permit is a quarter sheet of A4 printout. It
is nothing special to look at, and seems designed to look unimportant.
At the municipal level everyday racism prevails, and Ptuj may get very
emotionally involved over aliens in its homeland bureaucracy.
KZ-1 Articles 307 and 308 allow plenty of scope for discrimination by
conflating not having a residency permit with mass murder.
Losing your scrap of paper could cost you 3 months to 3 years and a fine,
the same as entering the country by force or armed with illegal weapons.
Assisting two or more aliens such as your family is punishable by up to 5
years and a fine, the same you can expect for ekeing out a living in
Slovenia making or trading in nuclear and biological weapons.
So in Slovenian sentencing, helping those fleeing the oil wars is up to 20
times worse than for selling one gun or bullet.
Divergent prevalence as a statistical artifact, crowd fear, and majority
wussiness:
Data regarding cannabis policy sentiment [6000] indicates high support among Slovenians when anonymous:
Disregarding the skew from 308, a higher rate of prosecutions for the NSE
(not Slovenian enough) would be expected in less diverse regions. Podravje
is at the bottom of the list for surmame originality with 4,319 vs. 9,462
nationally in 2021. [5993]
Ironically "getting names mixed up" was the topic in Judge
Škoberne's eventual acquittal on perjury charges. Catholic Slovene
manages to mangle "perjury" into "false confession". [5996]
Hypocrisy on cannabis evidences itself as an outgrowth of wussiness. Data
from 2023 claims Slovenia's last 12-month cannabis use is 5.4% - about
114,480 [5995].
Yet the following year four times as many Slovenians were sufficiently
moved to vote their support for this beleagured and unpopular group, while
354,845 and three quarters of these voted this way just so this 114,480
could have fun. Making this the most un-Slovenian statistic in the
country's history.
Selective enforcement according to religious and cultural belief being
pertinent to the issue of CaPs, all of these facts and figures will be fed
into the conclusions of the request. So you might as well give up
pretending to the other 33% of the office and admit it right now.
6. ANTI-SKEW REFINEMENTS TO THE SAMPLE AND FOI APPLICATION SUBSTANCE
The application aims to distinguish between indictments, convictions, and
prison sentences not attributable to specifically "foreign crimes" by
excluding sentencing under Article 307-308 excepting non-violent
administrative-type residence convictions, hereinafter NARC.
Because the proportion of foreigners in prison in connection with NSE-ness
is so high, including these non-NARC Art. 308 proceedings would produce a
false reading in favour of the alternative hypothesis by including those
who are "foreign for a reason".
In this draft proposal, no significant correlation between prosecutions
under Articles 186 and 308 is sought or expected. The Prosecution can
argue for that if it wishes, and for exclusion of other
"foreigner-related" classes e.g. international economic crime.
Hereinafter the "All Prosecutions" (AP) cohort is as described above.
National Cohorts:
All cohorts shall be totals by national, and by administrative region.
A further ~40,000 Slovenian names not in the 1017 listed should be
included.
All cohorts are classed as Jailed (including on remand) (J), Convicted
(C), or Indicted (I).
To avoid double counting, if in J, the individual is not in C or I, and
similarly if in C, is not in I.
The 1965 cohort shall be 100% for J, C and I. Article 308 had no relevance
then.
The cohorts for 1994-2024 and J are ~58%. As outlined above this is
100-((the 80% of [6018] -
NARC) x 52.5)%.
In the absence of NARC data the test group is 47.5 + 0.2 x 52.5 = 58% as
far as imprisonment is concerned.
For C and I the cohorts will be the national percentage of non-NARC.
In the all-prosecutions and the CaPs cohorts the Applicant requests 5-year
aggregated counts (1995-2025) for anonymous totals of trials of surnames
not listed at [6001] as follows:
1. NSE surname count in the described JCI populations, all crimes except
Article 308 but including NARC.
2. NSE surname count for non-violent cannabis and classical psychedelics
JCI populations.
3. For all of JCI The total value of asset forfeitures and property liens
for the non-violent CaPs cohort compared to all other criminal
categories.
4. The Encoding Specification for the API that bridges the Central
Register of Population and the Judicial Database.
5. The Character Set Declaration of the primary judicial database
tables.
6. Data examples of the treatment of JCI non-Slovenian-alphabet-rich
surnames using test names.
7. Quantity of CaPs-only seizures tested by the National Forensic
Laboratory as a percentage of all Article 186 seizures.
These anonymous facts and figures are required for case material and also
intended for distribution in the public interest.
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The Englishman stands for the rights of everyone disadvantaged,
discriminated against, persecuted, and prosecuted on the false or
absent bases of prohibition, and also believes the victims of these
officially-sanctioned prejudices have been appallingly treated and
should be pardoned and compensated.
The Englishman requests the return of his CaPs and other rightful
property, for whose distraint Slovenia has proffered no credible
excuse or cause.
The Benedictions represent both empirical entities as well as beliefs.
Beliefs which the Defence evidence shows may be reasonably and
earnestly held about the positive benefits of CaPs at the population
level, in which the good overwhelmingly outweighs the bad. Below, the
latest version of this dynamic list.
THE BENEDICTIONS
REFERENCES
TIMELINE OF DRUG LAW v. SCIENCE