Over 2,000 People in Germany Innocent in Prison

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Since 2019, at least 2618 people have been illegally detained. The federal states paid at least 15 million euros in compensation – the actual figures are expected to be significantly higher.

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In Germany, at least 2,618 people have been illegally detained in recent years. This is the result of a nationwide consultation of the "Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung" (Saturday edition) with the Länder' Ministries of Justice and Attorney General's Offices. Thus, between 2019 and 2025, the countries paid at least 15 million euros to people who were in prison or in custody without debt. The dark figure is likely to be far higher, because the countries …

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Every year, investigators and courts arrest thousands of people innocently, which costs millions, but some federal states do not collect data at all.