Harsher Penalties for Rape Using Date Rape Drugs
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The secret use of narcotics is to be at a level with arms in the future. The government wants to give a hard answer, the Minister of Justice says, to "sexual violence in a particularly bad form".
The abuse of K.-o.-drips should be punished harder.
The Federal Government plans to impose stricter penalties for the use of K.o. drops in rape. What the current bill provides.
Anyone who uses date rape drugs will face a minimum sentence of five years in prison. The draft legislation proposed by Justice Minister Hubig has been approved by the Federal Cabinet.
The German Federal Government plans to classify K.o. drops as a weapon in the event of rape or robbery. Those who use the dangerous means for this have to expect at least five years imprisonment. There is no Germany-wide police statistics on the use of substances that should make the victim defenseless before a sexual assault.In most cases it is assumed that the drops were secretly administered in a bar or a club. However, there are also cases i…
Those who use so-called knock-on drops for a robbery or rape should be punished more severely in the future. This provides for a bill that the cabinet has decided. The German Richter Federation welcomes the plans, but demands further steps.
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