Wiesbaden court authorities announced that the court case (murder included) against 'Ali' (the Iraqi accused of murdering a 14-year old Mainz Jewish girl)....will proceed in the early spring.
If you remember reading my essay stories back in the summer....this was a missing girl case, with the cops going to 'Ali' being suspected. I'll reference this back to a essay I wrote at the time and would lay out most of the story.
It's an odd murder episode that would be worthy of a 300 page book.
What the regional news (HR) says about the case development? There are two aspects:
1. The three basic charges coming up are murder of the fourteen year-old girl, rape of the fourteen year-old girl, and a rape charge related to an 11 year-old girl.
2. Additional charges are being discussed at this point.....over robbery, threats, and bodily harm.
Issues in getting a conviction? Well....the method in which the state folks went to Iraq to 'acquire' Ali will be brought up and some legal scholars think a year down the line after the court case....judges will throw this conviction out and allow Ali to leave Germany.
The age thing? That's another amusing aspect. On paper, Ali committed the three major offenses (worthy, if combined....of twenty years in prison)....while considered a juvenile (age 20 or younger). However, it's been point out that he misunderstood the paperwork upon entering the country and legally....he was over the age of 20 when the crimes of all three occurred. Will the judge use the right age, or the misunderstood age? If it's the misunderstood age.....he probably won't get more than six years in prison.
Front page news as the case starts up? No. I think this will be quietly covered, to avoid public anger. If you go into Mainz, probably half the population is angered by the attitude of the cops and authorities.....long before the court activity starts up.
If Ali goes back to Iraq? They could arrest, detain, and hold a separate case there.....using the death penalty. I suspect the Germans really don't want that issue to occur.
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