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Main policing procedures in Germany are divided into three different categories. The Federal Police which is called Bundespolizei, the State Police called Laenderpolizei and the Federal Criminal Police Office called Bundeskriminalamt. The Federal Police is secondary to the Ministry of the Interior. The Federal Police join forces within the existing security systems on the foundation of security, the police joins partnerships with the police services of the federal states, other security system of the federation and the federal states, as well as with foreign border authorities. The German court process is made up of both federal constitutional court (Bundesverfassunggericht), which interprets the constitution, and a federal supreme court (Bundesgerichtshof), which is an appeals court.

Police structure in Germany is very different than the United States procedures. Law enforcement in Germany is only devoted to the state its nothing like the United States system. There is no police belonging to a city or town it is all included in the country. The setback of 1945 divided Germany into different sections of the country. The three western regions were turned into the Federal Republic of Germany, the Soviet zone became the German Democratic Republic. Both of the regions wanted their own diverse regulations regarding law enforcement. The new constitution of West German provided strict separation of powers, giving the law enforcement control in the hands of the states. On the federal level, the only policing that was allowed was border control which included the coast guard. Ever since 2005, Germany borders became exposed because of the European Union Bundespolizei, which is the Federal police. As for the East Germany, they c...

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...close, they didn’t want the judge or the prosecutor to read the notes. Second trial day included evidence that Zschape could face life imprisonment if convicted. Zschape is alleged to have formed the National Socialist Underground terrorist group with Uwe Mundlos and Uwe Bohnhardt. Four other accomplice are on trial. The trial was set to end in eight months but now prosecutors say it might last years due to a large number of witnesses and evidence (Spiegel, 2013).
Individuals that were involved in the case were, Judge Manfred Gotzl, Hebert Diemen who was the federal prosecutor, Beate Zschape who was the offender, Wolfgang Heer, Wolfgang Stahl and Anja Sturm which are the defense attorneys. Andre Eminger, Carsten Schults, Holger Gerlach and Ralf Wohllenben were the accused accomplices. No jury was present, and over hundred witness are being questioned.

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