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> The court said it had decided to discontinue the proceedings as the expected sentence in another case, in which Winterkorn faces charges for his role in allow
by croon 6y ago
> The court said it had decided to discontinue the proceedings as the expected sentence in another case, in which Winterkorn faces charges for his role in allowing diesel cars with excessive pollution levels to hit the road, was higher.
> “In this context, the conviction for market manipulation would not lead to a significant increase in the overall sentence,” the court said in a statement.
I understand that all things are limited, court time, lawyers, attention, etc... But really, if he did the crime, why should he get off on that count?
Another case of unequal justice, aka injustice.
- chki 6y agoNo this is not unequal justice, it is a completely normal process in the German criminal court system. The market manipulation case will probably not matter at all, it might even be a sign that the fraud case is very strong.
- CodesInChaos 6y agoIn Germany criminal punishment is not additive. It's based on all related crimes as a whole, so if somebody is convicted of a severe and mild crime together, the mild one matters little for the sentence.
- croon 6y agoBut see, I wasn't talking about the sentence, but the conviction. Clearly he won't be convicted for a charge that is dropped, even if the sentence is "not [...] a significant increase" (from excerpt).