NEED FOR AND THE JUSTIFIABILITY OF LEGISLATION REGULATING DELIBERATE KILLING WITH FIREARMS BY THE POLICE - WEST GERMANY, PART TWO

• NCJ Number: 29752
• Journal: Kriminalistik Volume: 29 Issue: 10 Dated: (OCTOBER, 1975) Pages: 441-444
• Author(s): R KRUEGER
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 4 pages
• Corporate Author: Kriminalistik Verlag Gmbh
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: German
• Country: West Germany (Former)

Annotation

DISCUSSION OF THE EUROPEAN HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTION AND THE WEST GERMAN CONSTITUTION IN REGARD TO JUSTIFICATION FOR THE DELIBERATE KILLING OF PERSONS BY THE POLICE, AND ARGUMENTATION FOR LEGISLATION PROVIDING JUSTIFICATION.

Abstract

NEITHER THE EUROPEAN HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTION NOR THE WEST GERMAN CONSTITUTION PROVIDES JUSTIFICATION FOR THE DELIBERATE KILLING BY THE POLICE OF THE TAKERS OF HOSTAGES. THE AUTHOR QUOTES VARIOUS LEGAL THEORETICIANS ON THE QUESTION AND ARGUES ON BEHALF OF LEGISLATION OF THIS DOCUMENT, SEE NCJ-29746. THIS DOCUMENT, SEE NCJ-29746. --IN GERMAN