Overview
- The Frankenthal regional court must reconsider for a third time the preventive detention of a man already serving a life sentence for two murders.
- The Federal Court of Justice found legal errors in the August 2024 ruling and returned the matter for renewed proceedings (case 4 StR 570/24).
- The new review must weigh a psychiatric expert's finding of no diagnosed personality disorder when assessing ongoing danger.
- The man's guilt and life term remain final, with the only open question being whether detention beyond the sentence is legally required.
- Judges previously deemed him dangerous, precluding any release before at least 15 years for the 2016–2017 kidnappings and killings of two businessmen.