2024-03-03 08:13:55
After the abuse of a twelve-year-old with a total of 17 suspects, Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) called for measures. According to the “Kronen Zeitung”, Constitutional Minister Karoline Edtstadler and Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (both ÖVP) were asked by the head of government to develop a corresponding package. The Chancellor suggests reducing the age of criminal responsibility.
The defenselessness of the constitutional state once morest such crimes is unbearable, according to the paper, which is also available to the APA: “We must speak mercilessly regarding what is going wrong and where the constitutional state does not offer sufficient opportunities to intervene.”
From Nehammer’s point of view, there are three specific areas of action. First of all, the Chancellor points out that teenagers under the age of 14 who commit crimes such as rape or serious bodily harm are not of criminal responsibility and therefore cannot be adequately punished. The phenomenon of youth violence needs more attention.
To do this, more attention must be paid to the role and responsibility of parents: “We have to ask how the state can better support parents in prevention and how youth welfare can be a stronger lever.” However, one must also ask oneself how the parents’ responsibility ultimately leads to liability.
Ultimately, Nehammer wants to remedy the “general imbalance” between crimes once morest life and limb compared to property crimes. Brutal acts like the one committed once morest the twelve-year-old girl show that the legal system is not accurate enough.
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