Scandal judgment in Vienna: outrage for acquittal for 17-year-olds!
Scandal judgment in Vienna: outrage for acquittal for 17-year-olds!
Wien-Favoriten, Österreich - A court in Vienna acquired a 17-year-old from the accusation of rape on January 7, after he was accused of having misused a 12-year-old in Vienna favorites at the time of the crime. In a two-day trial, which was largely taken over by the public, the lay judge decided that there was an "inner rejection" in the now 13-year-old girl, but could not be proven that this was recognizable to the accused. According to the presiding judge, it often happens that a "no" is pronounced by a victim before it is persuaded by tenderness. The court also found that the accused did not know that the girl was only 12 years old and that she had given the impression of being older, which could not be considered a serious sexual abuse, like Kurier reported.
outrage and resistance
The decision has caused considerable turmoil, with the presiding judge hitting a shitstorm herself. Criticism broke out especially because of its reason, which was shortened and distorted by some media. Even Elon Musk commented on the scandal on the X platform with the word “crazy”. The President of the State Court, Friedrich Forsthuber, rejected the emotional attacks on social media and described it as "crossing red lines". He emphasized that such attacks could endanger the independent case law and thus threaten our democratic legal system.
The judgment and the associated public discussion bring the complexity of sexual offenses and the challenges in the legal handling of such cases. Forsthuber said that the court could only issue a guilty verdict if the evidence is overwhelming. In the present case, for victim protection reasons, many details were not public, which led to misunderstandings and misinformation in media reporting. This indicates that the debate about dealing with the votes of the victims and the legal standards in such cases must continue to be conducted urgently, as is also reported by Erhalten Sie täglich die neuesten Artikel aus der Kategorie Medien.
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