Accelerated criminal proceedings started in Ulm

Accelerated criminal proceedings started in Ulm

accelerated criminal proceedings in Ulm opened

In Baden-Württemberg, the judiciary increasingly relies on accelerated criminal proceedings in which the judgment immediately follows the crime. For this purpose, the district courts and public prosecutors are specifically equipped with additional staff. Ulm.

The city of Ulm is another location in Baden-Württemberg, where the implementation of accelerated criminal proceedings is established. The public prosecutor and the Ulm District Court will be reinforced with a new position for prosecutors or judges. In the future, the public prosecutor, the district court and the police will work closely together and jointly examine the possibility of an accelerated procedure in every single case.

Marion Gentges, Minister of Justice and for Migration, explains on the occasion of the start of the procedure: "In Baden-Württemberg, the judiciary carries out accelerated procedures in which the judgment of the crime follows. It is about consistency that gets the offenders very impressively. With additional staff.

In addition to Ulm, there have been six other locations in Baden-Württemberg, on which accelerated criminal proceedings are carried out. These are Freiburg, Heilbronn, Karlsruhe, Mannheim, Offenburg and Stuttgart. At these locations, the parties involved have already had good experiences with the accelerated procedures. A judgment could be made in a large number of the procedures at the latest on the day after the crime. The additional personnel and organizational effort associated with the implementation of the procedures is compensated for by the assignment of personnel positions, which were created in the household 2022 and in the current double budget 2023/2024 especially for this purpose.

The police chief Bernhard Weber is also pleased with the implementation of accelerated procedures: "We expressly welcome the implementation of accelerated procedures, since suspectors are once again faced with the act and, above all, with their consequences, which means that a sustainable, preventive effect can be expected."

The senior prosecutor of the public prosecutor Ulm, Christof Lehr, is also convinced: "If a sanction quickly follows the wrong, offenders will feel the consequences of their actions and the state's ability to act directly and directly."

The basics for the accelerated procedure are regulated in paragraph 417 ff. of the Code of Criminal Procedure (StPO). According to this, the public prosecutor can submit an application for a decision in the accelerated procedure if the facts or the evidence allow an immediate negotiation. This special form of the procedure is only permitted before the district judge and the Court of lay judges.

Julia Böllert, the director of the Ulm District Court, emphasized: "With the accelerated processing of criminal proceedings, a higher deterrent can achieve and at the same time strengthened the need for security of the population."

With the establishment of the accelerated criminal proceedings in Ulm, the judiciary in Baden-Württemberg shows its determination in dealing with criminals. By rapidly sanctioning the acts, the perpetrators should immediately feel the consequences of their actions and at the same time the state's ability to act is demonstrated. This is made possible with the increased personnel equipment of the local courts and public prosecutors as well as the close cooperation between the police, the public prosecutor and the court. The accelerated procedure is intended to serve as a preventive means to prevent crimes and to strengthen the safety of the population.