S obzirom na težinu optužbe i na način kako je ona prvobitno obrađena, predmet Lora se smatrao testom sposobnosti hrvatskog pravosuđa u obavljanju svojih vlastitih suđenja za ratne zločine.
Given the gravity of the charges and the way it was initially handled, the Lora case was viewed as a test of the Croatian judiciary's ability to conduct its own war crimes trials.