Federal Court of Justice: Nearly six-year jail term for "NSU 2.0" threatening letter remains lawful
In the summer of 2018, a series of menacing letters started arriving, and they continued until spring 2021. The communications were delivered through email, SMS, or fax, and were signed "NSU 2.0," referring to the right-wing extremist group National Socialist Underground (NSU).
The targets included members of the German parliament, lawmakers from Hessian State Assembly, Frankfurt lawyer Seda Basay-Yildiz, artists, human rights advocates, and even newspapers, political parties, and local authorities.
An investigation discovered that the accused individual wrote the letters alone. They were filled with threats and insults, sometimes also conveyed racist and defamatory messages. A few letters even had Nazi slogans, with one letter specifically calling for murder.
The accused maintained his innocence until the last moment. Even though he had used cleaning software on his computer, investigators found incriminating traces.
According to the Federal Court of Justice, the Frankfurt court fairly evaluated this evidence. Their assumption that the man was an accessory was also upheld.
The Federal Court of Justice made only a single adjustment to the Frankfurt judgment - they changed "physical attack on execution officers" to "resistance against execution officers." Despite this minor tweak, the court in Karlsruhe approved the sentence.
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Source: www.stern.de
