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In 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, th
by CodesInChaos 6y ago
In 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).