Since 6th of May 2013 trial of only survivor of terrorist cell NSU, Beate Zschäpe, is taking place at Munich Higher Regional court. The procedure lasts because Zschäpe has contributed little to clarification of alleged ten murders and numerous bank robberies of right-extremist terrorist cell. Again and again, process is interrupted by bias requests from defenders of Zschäpe and ir presumed right-extremist supporters.
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They are accompanied by a total of 15 defenders. Beate Zschäpe alone has four obligatory and one electoral defender on her side.
© Florian Gaertner/Photo Library via Getty Images 24,500 people have visited process so far.
The figure is an extrapolation, which is based on averages according to court’s surveys. On average, re are 57 spectators per day. It also includes several visitors, such as journalists, who report on process almost every day. In hall re are 101 seats, 50 of which are intended for journalists. Due to huge crowd of media representatives, reservations for se seats were raffled. This was preceded by a lengthy dispute over correct way of allocating space, which even ended up in Federal Constitutional Court.
© Florian Gaertner/Photo Library via Getty Images 815 witness es and experts have summoned court over years.
For example, psychiatric Assessor Henning sat, ZSCHÄPE for fully capable and a cool calculating accomplice of deeds of her two friends Uwe Böhnhardt and Uwe Mundless holds. In this figure, however, re are also multiple charges and witnesses, which were ultimately not heard.
© Florian Gaertner/Photo Library via Getty Images 93 Besides plaintiffs take part in process.
There are members of murder victim and injured in attacks – for example Elif Kubasik, wife of 2006 killed Dortmund kiosk owner Mehmet Kubasik. The plaintiffs are represented by about 60 lawyers. These are fluctuating numbers: In addition to plaintiffs during trial. A relative gave up his participation because of emotional burden, anor as a protest against plea of her lawyer, a man died, in a supporting plaintiff it turned out that she did not exist at all.
© Florian Gaertner/Photo Library via Getty Images 280,000 page Discovery files had accumulated at beginning of process, stapled in more than 600 folders.
Since n, thousands of pages have been added to substance of process. The process participants receive file material on CDs – but apparently do not always take care of sensitive substance: In September 2015 a CD with court documents was found on a sidewalk in Cologne.
© Florian Gaertner/Photo Library via Getty Images 2.5 years at that time, n president of Munich’s upper Oberlandesgericht, Karl Huber, estimated Verfahrensdau Before start of process.
On May 6, 2018, mark of five years has been discontinued. The full quote of Huber was, by way, “I reckon with nine months to two and a half years.”
2 out of eight judges have now left trial: One judge changed to Federal Supreme Court, anor went into early retirement. However, only 5 judges, three were scheduled from outset as a reserve for retired.
© Florian Gaertner/Photo Library via Getty Images 9 Furr investigation procedures are being run by federal prosecutor’s office against alleged helpers of NSU trio.
For example, against Matthias D. The long-distance driver from Zwickau should have rented flats under his name for NSU several times – including last stay in Spring Road 26 in Zwickau. In Ore mountains, his homeland, he was leader of an organization of right-wing extremists. In July 2014, he refused to testify in court. Also against a friend who could have delivered explosives to trio, Karlsruhe authority determines as well as against suspected weapons procurers. The NSU complex has not been completed legally after Munich process.
© Florian Gaertner/Photo Library via Getty Images 28 million euros process has caused at least an additional cost to state.
The biggest item is fees for lawyers, which amounted to well 23 million euros until end of April. In addition, courtroom was refurbished for 1,250,000 euros before process began. The remaining costs are caused by materials, technology, medical and security services. Or items are not directly attributable to process, because judges and guards, for instance, get ir running salary anyway. A previously circulating number of 150,000 euros per day of meeting rejects press office of upper Oberlandesgericht as incorrect.
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