bonifartius 𒂼𒄄
justice in germany
a banker who was involved in one of the biggest financial scandals of recent years, stealing millions of tax money, has the case closed because he is so ill that he can't handle the process. certainly not because the current german chancellor olaf scholz was involved in this scandal as well.
> A German regional court ruled on Monday that a prominent banker who was accused of playing a role in an alleged 10 billion euro ($10.7 billion) tax fraud scheme was no longer fit to stand trial for health reasons.
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> Earlier this month, both prosecutors and defence lawyers requested the termination of the criminal trial of the banker, Christian Olearius, who is now 82 years old.
but an old woman of 94 saying the wrong things about the holocaust gets a judge who more or less jokes about that she says she doesn't feel well:
> A doctor accompanied Haverbeck, who was in a wheelchair and repeatedly complained about the "infirmities of old age." "I think you're really fit," the judge told her.
[https://www.yahoo.com/news/trial-elderly-holocaust-denier-starts-162343506.html]
another fun fact is that you don't find this quote of the judge in the german version of the article where it just says the judge replied with that she will do a speedy trial. instead the german article (both are by DPA!) harps on the fact that the lawyer of haverback wanted to redo parts of the trial:
> Wieder begleitete eine Medizinerin vom gerichtsärztlichen Notdienst die Angeklagte im Rollstuhl. Die 95-Jährige hatte bei Prozessauftakt am 7. Juni beklagt, es sei zu beschwerlich für sie, in so kurzen Abständen den langen Weg nach Hamburg auf sich zu nehmen. Die Vorsitzende Richterin stellte am Mittwoch in Aussicht, man könne schon an diesem Tag fertig werden. Doch das zerschlug sich schnell. Der Verteidiger stellte mehrere neue Anträge, über die die Kammer entscheiden musste. Er wollte unter anderem erreichen, dass die gesamte bisherige Beweisaufnahme wiederholt wird, weil Haverbeck ihr wegen Hörproblemen nicht richtig habe folgen können. Alle Anträge wurden abgelehnt.
[https://www.zeit.de/news/2024-06/11/holocaust-leugnung-prozess-gegen-95-jaehrige-geht-weiter]
something is rotten in the state of denmark
not saying that the bankers health shouldn't be taken into account btw. it's pretty weird that the prosecutor did want to close the case as well though.
the real scandal is that an old woman is put through a trial and her complaints about health are more or less ignored because she was _saying something wrong_.
people like this judge are becoming the very thing they say they are fighting against.
