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CUREDI ID Question at stake Country Official Citation Date of decision Author
CUREDI033DE015 Whether the pressure on the perpetrator by his family to commit the crime, resulting from ideas from other cultures, may be assessed as a mitigating circumstance in favour of the perpetrator. Germany Federal Court of Justice, Fourth Criminal Division, Judgment of 01 February 2007, 4 StR 514/06 (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH 4. Strafsenat, Urteil vom 01. Februar 2007, 4 StR 514/06)
2007-02-01 Silvia Tellenbach View
CUREDI033DE016 Whether ideas rooted in the original culture of perpetrator and victim may be taken into consideration in assessing a spousal rape as a less serious case (Art.177 para 5 German Penal Code). Germany Federal Court of Justice, 2nd Criminal Division, Judgment of 29 August 2001, 2 StR 276/01 (BGH 2. Strafsenat, Urteil vom 29.08.2001, 2 StR 276/01)
2001-08-29 Silvia Tellenbach View

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