Cabinet proposes tougher penalties for attacks on train staff and police
The cabinet will discuss a draft law that would raise minimum sentences for assaults on train attendants and police officers to match those for attacks on law-enforcement personnel.
The German cabinet is scheduled to consider a legislative proposal drafted by Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig that would equalise punishments for assaults on train attendants with those for attacks on police officers. Under the plan, the minimum custodial sentence for violence against police would rise from three to six months, with up to five years for resistance and up to ten years for the most serious offences. The draft also sets a minimum six-month term for attacks on medical workers, extending to ten years in aggravated cases.
Furthermore, courts could revoke the passive voting right of individuals convicted of hate speech if the sentence reaches at least one year, though this would remain discretionary. The initiative follows public outrage after a train attendant was killed during a ticket inspection.
