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Berlin (dpa / bb) - The excitement was great at the time: As recently as 2018, 13 suspected criminals had to be released from custody in Berlin because the investigations were taking too long.
In the previous year there was not a single such case, as the judicial administration announced.
In 2019, the Court of Appeal had arranged for the release from custody in nine cases.
As a rule, there should only be six months between the start of pre-trial detention and the start of the trial for an offense.
Proceedings with urgent suspects in custody have priority over investigations in which alleged perpetrators are at large.
If the so-called speed-up requirement is not complied with, those affected can take action against this in court.
Berlin's Justice Senator Dirk Behrendt (Greens) sees the development as a success of the judiciary.
The hiring of judges and prosecutors is paying off, said the Green politician.
In addition, the criminal justice system shows that it is fully able to work despite the pandemic.
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According to the judiciary, there was a special case in 2020 in which an inmate was released - temporarily.
The man had been sentenced to imprisonment by the regional court, and at the same time the court had ordered him to be placed in a detention center.
The convict was held in custody without interruption until the conviction.
He then sued and enforced his release in court - until he was admitted to the so-called penal system.
Mentally ill or addicts offenders are accommodated there.
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