Overview
- The Bundesgerichtshof rejected the Federal Prosecutor's complaint on Wednesday and made the OLG Dresden's March decision to suspend the remainder of Lina E.'s sentence to probation final.
- Lina E. was convicted in May 2023 of dangerous bodily harm, membership in a criminal association and related counts and was sentenced to five years and three months, of which she has served two thirds.
- Judges relied on a criminal‑psychological expert who concluded she had renounced a willingness to use violence, behaved properly in custody and had concrete plans for work and study after release.
- The court also noted continuing risks: she maintains a strict antifascist political stance, keeps contacts in the former linksextremist milieu and refused to testify in a related investigation; the OLG imposed a multi‑year probation period with supervision.
- Prosecutions linked to the same network continue at OLG Dresden in the so‑called Antifa‑Ost case with seven additional defendants and further trials that will shape how authorities track and try alleged group members.