Wolfgang Bosbach on the recent cases of motorway blockades and why administering a vaccine is not a criminal offence
A powerful punch, right in the solar plexus! A clear case of assault! Everyone will quickly agree on that. Even without an in-depth study of the case law on Section 223 of the German Criminal Code (StGB).
Things get a bit more complicated, however, when the dentist reaches for the forceps to extract a tooth that, unfortunately, can no longer be saved – a tooth that has, moreover, been causing terrible pain. And what if the procedure was successful and the source of all the trouble is now dangling wearily from the forceps? Is it still bodily harm? Yes, indeed – and in this case, it even constitutes ‘dangerous’ bodily harm, as the dentist is using a ‘dangerous instrument’ within the meaning of Section 224(I), 2nd alternative, of the German Criminal Code (StGB).
Read the full article here by Wolfgang Bosbach, President of the Berlin Congress for a Self-Defensive Democracy.