A generationIn a few weeks, it will be the tenth anniversary of the exploration of the “Underground National Socialism” (NSU) terrorist organization.Eight years ago, the trial of the Munich Higher District Court began Beat Zschäpe And four co-defendants. According to the Federal Court’s ruling announced on Thursday, the legal processing of the murders of Uwe Böhnhardt, Uwe Mundlos and Beate Zschäpe has been completed. Judge Karlsruhe dismissed Zschäpe and co-defendants Ralf W. and Holger G.
The High District Court sentenced Zschäpe to life imprisonment in July 2018 and determined the particular gravity of the crime.All defendants have appealed this Federal Attorney’s Office Only about the defendant Andre E. Karlsruhe’s Third Criminal Senate will negotiate his sentence on December 2 and will make a decision on December 15.
From a legal perspective, the most important issue in the NSU trial has been clarified: Although Beate Zschäpe did not shoot herself and was not even near the scene of the crime when she committed the crime, she has committed 10 murders, multiple attempted murders, and 3 Sentenced to bank and post office for bomb attacks and 15 robberies.This Federal Court Confirmed the legal opinion of the Munich Higher Regional Court, which in turn adopted the argument of the Federal Attorney General.
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Therefore, Zschäpe’s task within the NSU is to “create a bourgeois, seemingly unquestionable legend and communicate it to the outside world” for the group living under false identities, and to regulate the group’s finances, and it will happen once. Attack to ensure that NSU’s confession video is made public. According to the findings of the District High Court, Zschäpe had contact with neighbors near the apartment, which was actually the security headquarters of a terrorist organization. When asked about the whereabouts of the accomplices, he provided an innocent explanation.
Federal judges think it meets the criteria
From the perspective of the Federal Court, the High District Court’s assessment of the numerous evidences—where a total of 541 witnesses and 46 experts heard their opinions—showed that there were no legal errors. In addition, Judge Karlsruhe proved to his colleagues in Munich that the results of the investigation showed that Zschäpe was an accomplice. The Federal Court first cited its own consistent precedent on conspiracy: participation in the core incident is not absolutely necessary, nor is it an existence at the crime scene. Behaviors that promote behavior may also be sufficient, for example in preparation. The court listed as relevant standards the degree of interest in the crime, the degree of participation in the crime, and the status of the offender or at least the willingness to do so.
Regarding Zschäpe’s actions, federal judges believe that these requirements have been met, so they do not have to answer the controversial question, namely, the degree of judicial discretion that should be recognized in the appeal process when distinguishing between collusion and assistance and abetting. From the perspective of the Federal Court From this point of view, Zschäpes’ actions are “an important part of the concept of the entire series of crimes.” The three people “divide labor”, their task is decisive, because one of her, Bernhardt Mundelos fought for the ideological purpose of assassination and robbery, and these robberies aimed at funding their underground lives are achievable.
The Federal Court also rated the publication of an agreed confession video on serial crimes as the core, which should have a destabilizing effect. In the opinion of the federal judges, the three believe that only by doing so can a government and social form corresponding to their common national socialist-racist attitude be established in Germany.
