The Trial of Wahnsin Dolor

Wahnsin v. SCP Foundation, 226 S.C.P. (2020), otherwise known as Wahnsin Dolor, et al. v. The SCP Foundation or The Trial of Wahnsin Dolor was a landmark decision of the Judiciary Subcommittee of the Ethics Committee that ruled that Head Researcher Wahnsin Dolor and Area Research Director Jim Thompson would not be persecuted by the SCP Foundation's Ethics Committee for violating Section 4, Article 5 of the Foundation's Internal Code of Ethics, which reads "Intentionally breaching a SCP is unethical." It was considered to be a 'landmark decision' as it was the first legal, criminal case argued in Area-17. It was also the first time that the SCP Foundation's Ethics Committee acquitted an individual (of non-civil charges) that was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Despite the evidence against Dr. Wahnsin Dolor and Director Jim Thompson, the Presiding Judge chose to rule Not Guilty to the criminal charges levied against the pair, yet ruling that Dr. Wahnsin and Dir. Thompson were to be subject to the civil protocol set in place by the Ethics Committee and Overseer Council of the SCP Foundation.

The Defendants of the Case, Research Director Jim Thompson and Head Researcher Wahnsin Dolor, were represented by Ethics Committee Investigator and Criminal Defense Lawyer Dean Becams. The Prosecution, Overseers O5-10 and O5-06, chose to go unrepresented. The Trial was observed by many, including, but not limited to, Area Director Llewellyn Griffith, Area Research Chief Hekima Shion, SCP-079, ISD Agent Mason Stone, and Red.