 While the background for involving Kvisler was his anti-immigration views, the pressing issue was the matter of his court ruling.Having followed the case closely as a former lawyer, Gjems-Onstad had disputed the court ruling as he believed there was not evidence to conclude that Kvisler had any more than possibly a subsidiary role in the murder; he thus explained the suggestion with providing funds for reopening his case.Gjems-Onstad maintained that it was only the other convict, Joe Erling Jahr, who had committed the murder.