Does a DNA find really mean that the culprit is convicted? If the DNA of a certain person is found at a crime scene, this often leads to the fact that the perpetrator is convicted in the eyes of outsiders or laymen. However, the courts often have to be wary of this premature step, because the culprit is far from certain.

At the folk festival too strong with the head out? We will clarify if you can go to prison for this!

If a criminal court comes to the conclusion that a person with a certain behavior has made a criminal offense and considers it necessary to punish this person for this, the German criminal law provides two main penalties:

The Prison Plotzensee (Berlin) has been in the press several times in recent weeks. Several inmates managed to climb the seemingly "insurmountable" prison walls with astonishing ease and to pave the way to freedom.

This question was also raised by the Weimar Administrative Court. This procedure involved the operation of a tattoo removal studio. The operator carried out the treatments itself without that he had a medical practitioner's license or a completed medical studies.

Time and again defenders are asked by clients what is meant by the terms "small amount" and "not small amount". At the same time, the concept of "personal need" is in the minds of many clients, but what is understood

First of all, the question arises as to which facts the law requires a life imprisonment. A distinction must be made between offenses in which the court can sentence the perpetrator to life imprisonment (e.g. robbery resulting in death in accordance with Section 251 of the Criminal Code) and offenses in which the legislature mandates a life imprisonment, [...]