Court shortens prison sentence for drug dealers - a Christmas miracle?

Court shortens prison sentence for drug dealers - a Christmas miracle?

Stralsund, Deutschland - In the Stralsund district court, the prison sentence of a 43-year-old former drug dealer from Barth was recently shortened. The man had been convicted of serious violations of the Narcotics Act in February after investigations had shown that he sold drugs through his gym, including marijuana, cocaine and amphetamines. In total, the investigators found 1.5 kilograms of marijuana, 400 grams of cocaine and numerous other drugs in his possession, which he had offered between 2020 and 2021. Because of his confession, the original judgment fell to three years and three months.

Surprisingly, there was now a re -evaluation of the case, like the Ostsee-Zeitung This review was necessary by the new law to regulate cannabis, which came into force in April 2024. This law meant that numerous procedures, a total of 6,500, had to be checked again in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The court decided that the quantity of cannabis and their effects in the punishment for punishment were insufficiently taken into account in the original judgment. Although all drug offenses took place before the new law came into force, the Federal Court of Justice had decided that this was important in the re -evaluation of the punishment.

Legal protection in focus

The problem of over -angent procedures is also illustrated by referring to the fundamental right to effective legal protection. As Right-wing must be concluded in a reasonable time. In a comparable case, the Federal Constitutional Court found that the long period of 18 years was unreasonable to decide on a civil law application. Here, too, it has become clear how important a rapid case law is to meet the justice of the procedure.

In the case of the Barther drug dealer, it can now be seen that despite the serious offense, a reform can also have a positive impact on the legal assessment of individual judgments. The agreement between the court, the public prosecutor and defense relates to the fact that the acts are already in the past and that a certain period of time has passed. The fitness studio owner can now hope to be transferred to the open execution soon, which enables him to resocialize faster.