What you or I or the public at large think of Dr Amaral is irrelevant. It will be a matter of law.
Unless of course in Portugal there is a requirement to grab a gash hand off the street and say "ere mate give us a verdict on this will ya?". Even the most biased supporter cannot believe that will be the case.
We have seen an example of Portuguese Law in operation with Judge Maria Emilia de Melo e Castro presiding.
I doubt she has left many opportunities to appeal her decision so I rather suspect the auspices are less than favourable for such.
However it will be of interest to see what unfolds.
What has become very clear from her ruling is the rather tawdry circumstance in which the accusatory book was written; the author discarding integrity to make a quick buck while denigrating the presumption of innocence which as a law officer he was obliged to uphold.
To me that reads like a law enforcement officer with a contempt for the law, you put whatever interpretation on it you wish.
If you are happy to support such an individual that is fine by me ... but do try to keep your personal little digs out of your posts to me ... utterly tiresome and sooooo playgroundy.