Criminal Code and Legal Procedures in Germany

CCJ 330 WK 6 Pt.1
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CCJ 330 WK 6 Pt.1
1 Determine the pertinent demographic, social, political, and economic factors about your chosen country.
For this assignment, my preferred nation is Germany, a country in Europe.
Mainly, German is the official language used by approximately 85% of the nation’s citizens (Worldometer, 2022). Germany has a parliamentary democracy where the Chancellor controls the national government. Nevertheless, the nation also has the position of a president who serves as the head of government and is chosen by the people of the country’s government. The nation upholds a standard law system, which in actuality, serves as the America’s laws. Over 83.3 million people call the nation home, with 86.3% of them being German. Respectively, Polish and Turkish residents make up 1% and 1.8% of the population, while Syrians and Romans make up 1% (Worldometer, 2022). Other residents from other states share the remaining percentage. The currency of the nation is called the Euro.
2 Examine the manner in which your chosen country's criminal code would likely view the crime you witnessed. Provide a rationale for the response.
The crime I saw was probably an assault or, to some extent, an aggravated assault. Germany’s criminal and civil laws describe the assault as an effort to make insulting or damaging physical contact with another person, even by threatening to do so. In essence, common assault in Germany need not require physical attack (Nelken & Hamilton, 2022). In this country, assault is a wrongful act and a criminal offense. Consequently, the defendant may face civil liability in addition to criminal liability. Depending on the purpose, assault is classified in the criminal code of Germany.
3 Choose two individual rights that the United States grants criminal suspects, such as search and seizure, right to counsel, et cetera, and analyze the country's perspective on each right. Provide support for the analysis.
Right to Counsel
A defendant’s right to legal representation is referred to as the right to counsel. The state ought to assign one if the defendant cannot afford such legal representation. The right to a fair trial includes this right as a component. In Germany, a defendant’s right to counsel became legal early in the eighteenth century. Before that, criminal defendants like the one in this case, lacked the official right to counsel. Such a privilege was not respected before the eighteenth century because a defendant was expected to state the truth in court without a legal representative’s assistance (Rackow, 1954). Additionally, before the Act’s...