Nehammer for reducing criminal responsibility

According to the “Kronen Zeitung”, Constitutional Minister Karoline Edtstadler and Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (both ÖVP) were asked by the head of government to develop a corresponding package. The Chancellor suggests reducing the age of criminal responsibility.

The defenselessness of the constitutional state against such crimes is unbearable, according to the paper, which is also available to the APA: “We must speak mercilessly about what is going wrong and where the constitutional state does not offer sufficient opportunities to intervene.”

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Outlook Nehammers there are three specific fields of action. First of all, the Chancellor points out that teenagers under the age of 14 who commit crimes such as rape or serious bodily harm are not of criminal responsibility and therefore cannot be adequately punished. The phenomenon of youth violence needs more attention.

To do this, we must pay more attention to the role and responsibility of parents: “We have to ask how the state can better support parents in prevention and how youth welfare can be a stronger lever.” However, one must also ask oneself how the parents’ responsibility ultimately leads to liability.

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Finally wants Nehammer to remedy the “general imbalance” of crimes against life and limb compared to property crimes. Brutal acts like the one committed against the twelve-year-old girl show that the legal system is not accurate enough.

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