Part 1 – The First Day of the Trial At the end of this story, there will be a verdict. What that verdict will be, even the author does not yet know. This time, the outcome will not be decided first, followed by a story carefully constructed to lead us there. This time, it will […]
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Humans, Society, Thoughts in EnglishI have been dealing with this case for quite some time now. I have read newspaper reports, compared press releases, looked up laws, placed statements side by side, formulated questions for authorities and probably watched those 55 seconds more often than I would have liked. And yet something strange keeps happening. The more I learn
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This article returns to the beginning of the Schmotzer case. Not with the knowledge of what would later happen in court, but from the perspective of the time itself. What matters at every stage is only what was known, verifiable and capable of being substantiated at that particular moment. The investigation we follow on this
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Humans, Society, Thoughts in EnglishBetween Unanswered Questions, Public Anger and a Rule of Law Under Pressure Four acquittals. An immediate waiver of appeal by the public prosecutor’s office. A final judgment. At least in criminal-law terms, that could have been the end of the Schmotzer case. Yet since 4 August 2026, the exact opposite has happened. The case is
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Humans, Society, Thoughts in EnglishPrologue – A Cat Who Refuses to Disappear from the Headlines Under normal circumstances, the story of Schmotzer would probably have already begun to fade from public attention. That is how our news cycle works. An event shocks us, thousands comment on it, social media erupts – and a few days later, the next story
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