In December 2007, Plevris was initially found guilty of inciting racial hatred by a Greek court based on excerpts and quotations in his book "The Jews: The Whole Truth". He appealed the court ruling and on 27 March 2009 the court of appeals overturned the ruling of incitement beinf 4-1. Plevris was cleared on the charge of having caused violence by the five-member court, but it was noted that he was a Holocaust denier. The court justified his acquittal by stating ""The defendant does not revile the Jews solely because of their racial and ethnic origin, but mainly because of their aspirations to world power, the methods they use to achieve these aims, and their conspiratorial activities". The ruling prompted some charges of miscarriage of justice.