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A judge from the German state of Thüringen has been given a two-year suspended prison sentence after being accused of "perverting the law."
In 2021, Christian Dettmar, 60, ruled that two schools in Weimar did not have to abide by Covid-19 safety precautions mandated by the federal government in Berlin. These included wearing masks, routine testing, and social distancing.
Prosecutors argued that Dettmar, who served as a family court judge, had ruled on matters that were outside his purview, and originally sought a three-year prison sentence.
On Wednesday, the Erfurt Regional Court delivered its verdict, finding Dettmar guilty of perverting the law. After having his license suspended in January, the father of three has now lost his pension. Regardless of how long one has worked for the state, under German law any civil servant who commits a crime becomes ineligible to receive such payments from the government.
The elderly judge's attorney, Gerhard Strate, called the charges brought against his client "nonsensical," and vowed to appeal the court's ruling.
According to the Epoch Times, Dettmar did not deliver his 2021 ruling on a whim. It came only after extensive deliberation with three external experts on the matter. Nonetheless, the ruling was quickly condemned by the Thüringian Higher Regional Court and the Federal Court of Justice, both of which argued that family courts were not allowed to rule on matters related to public institutions.
Dettmar also references the 'right of children to education and school teaching'.
But in sentencing Dettmar, the presiding judge argued he had reached a verdict that 'he had intended from the outset'.
Dr Gerhard Strate, representing Dettmar, criticised the court's decision to focus only on whether his client had been 'impartial'.
He said they would appeal the decision.
Dettmar had already been suspended on probation pending the investigation, losing 25 per cent of his salary, and had his mobile phone and laptop confiscated after a police raid on his flat.
Strate represented Ronald Barnabas Schill in 2001, then District Judge and later Senator for the Interior in Hamburg.
Schill had been fined for 'perverting the law' - but was later acquitted with Strate's representation.
According to the Epoch Times, Dettmar did not deliver his 2021 ruling on a whim. It came only after extensive deliberation with three external experts on the matter.
originally posted by: VictorVonDoom
It's dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
originally posted by: stevieray
a reply to: VictorVonDoom
Fourth Reich here we come !
Must be hardwired into these people.
It’s illegal to talk or think about the last go-round, so they’ll just go ahead and re-run it instead.
originally posted by: DAVID64
a reply to: AlienBorg
Cloth masks were useless, social distancing was a joke. Look at all the ones who mandated it, then went out to party. The vaccines didn't do squat, but the sheep will line up for the next one.
Fear sells and there's a lot of gullible customers out there.
originally posted by: markovian
The only justice the people will ever see must come from there own hands everyone else was in on it break rank and well this happens
originally posted by: quintessentone
According to the Epoch Times, Dettmar did not deliver his 2021 ruling on a whim. It came only after extensive deliberation with three external experts on the matter.
Who were the three experts?
We shall see if he wins at the appeal court case, but it looks like he'll need three experts of his own.
originally posted by: sarcasticcritic
a reply to: AlienBorg
GUIDANCE........... EXACTLY!
they were GUIDELINES not law!
same as proper dosages of medicine
they are guidelines......
A START POINT YOUR DOCTOR MAY ADJUST
DEPENDING ON YOUR PERSONAL NEEDS
makes you wonder HOW some of these people became doctors
in the first place cheating? CHAT GPS? good memory?
just because they grajiated, dont mean it was at
THE TOP OF THEIR CLASS.......... beware!
ever seen the tv show HELLS KITCHEN?
people JUST LIKE THEM go to medical school too