US EditionRichterbund: Warning Against Consequences of Many Open Criminal Proceedings
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The number of unfinished criminal proceedings has reached a new high. According to the German judge's association, courts and prosecutors are heavily overloaded. Suspects of the crime had to be released from the U-liability.
The number of open procedures has recently increased significantly. The Richterbund warns against dangerous consequences of the overloading of courts and prosecutors' offices.
At the end of 2025, around one million unfinished criminal proceedings were piled up in German courts nationwide.
Already in the third year in a row, around 5.5 million criminal proceedings were opened in Germany. The number of open proceedings now exceeds the million mark. The Federal Managing Director of the Richterbund therefore warns against the fatal consequences of an increasing overloaded justice system. Therefore, more and more serious crimes remain unpunished because deadlines expire. To this end, the deputy AfD Federal Spokesman Stephan Brandner e…
Nationwide, there is a shortage of approximately 2,000 public prosecutors and judges, and the number of open criminal cases exceeded one million for the first time at the end of the year. On average, almost one suspect was released every week as the time limits for pre-trial detention expired.
The German Association of Judges (DRB) is sounding the alarm in light of record numbers of pending criminal cases. "In 2025, for the third year in a row, we had around 5.5 million new criminal cases before the public prosecutor's offices. For the first time, the number of open cases exceeded one million by the end of 2025," said Sven Rebehn, the DRB's managing director, to the Rheinische Post (Thursday edition). Courts and public prosecutor's of…
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