"For me is sexual abuse, such as murder. Thus, the life of children is completed - not physically, but mentally," he said of the editors ' network Germany (RND, Wednesday). "If the production and distribution of abuse images will always be punished exactly the same as theft, then any understanding is missing to me. Then no longer care whether the law is systematically true or false. This is all the same to me," said Reul more.

child pornography be classified as a crime and not a Misdemeanour, it was about a year ago - in July of 2019 - in the case of the Minister of the interior conference decided. "At the conference the following December, we confirmed it again. And I have to say: That the Federal Minister of justice not to come from the Quark, is annoying."

Tougher penalties? Minister of justice, rather for the support of the authorities

in the opinion of the Federal Minister of justice, Christine Lambrecht (SPD) the 15 years ' imprisonment and preventive detention in the case of child abuse only on the paper. "For example, was exhausted in the case of Lügde this criminal framework," she told the "Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung (Wednesday)". "This is one of the highest penalties known to our law at all." Demands for tougher penalties, the Minister of justice granted a cancellation. "It is more important to give specifically to the investigators more possibilities, and you are good to equip. The effect is shown in NRW."

Reul said, with a view to the legal classification of the acts: "I expect the Federal government that something is going on. And Mrs. Lambrecht is in charge."

At the weekend it was reported a case of serious sexual abuse of several children in Münster. The 27-year-old main suspect was convicted of child pornography possession in two ways.

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Date Of Update: 10 June 2020, 20:26