Brinkhaus calls for faster criminal proceedings

Union group chief Brinkhaus exercises in an Interview criticism of the duration of criminal processes. It is the state of lacking lawyers, judges, and judicial staff. In order to speed up criminal proceedings Brinkhaus calls for, among other things, that objections on grounds of Bias against judges should not lead to a delay of processes. the

Union leader Ralph Brinkhaus has called for a Reform of the code of criminal procedure, in order to achieve faster criminal proceedings. "The confidence of the citizens in the state depends on whether the law is enforced," he said, a Christian Democrat, the Bild am Sonntag.

"missing, It is state prosecutors, judges and judicial staff. The duration of the processes continues to increase. More and more procedures are set. Necessary a Reform of the code of criminal procedure to speed up the Procedure." Although the had defendant the effective rights for the defence, but the Public and the victims expected that the rights of the Defence could not be used for the process of procrastination.

Specifically, the requirement brinkhaus, that objections on grounds of Bias against a judge lead to a delay of processes: "It should in the future up to the decision on the application for further negotiations."

In this context, functioning practiced Brinkhaus is also criticism of the government policy of the past few years: How well federalism, will show whether the Federation and the Länder "to be able to eliminate the aberrations in the judiciary". Here, the policy did not look "right". The Pact for the rule of law between the Federation and the countries must quickly come, demanded the CDU politician. "The Primordial task of the state is to protect its citizens from violence and injustice. A strong judicial system."