Overview
- The Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection published the proposal on Monday.
- The bill would equate the covert use of such sedatives with using a weapon or dangerous instrument in these crimes.
- Because the Federal Court of Justice excluded K.O. drops from that category last year, such cases have typically drawn minimum terms of about three years.
- Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig called the offenses particularly perfidious and cited the Gisèle Pelicot case as a brutal example.
- The measure remains a draft that must go through consultation and parliamentary consideration before it can take effect.