After the trial was cut short yesterday, speculation has been rife, newspapers that used to praise Zsch\u00e4pe\u2019s defense attorney to the skies are now tearing them down.<\/p>\n
Fact is that there are lots of possible reasons why a defense lawyer would advise Zsch\u00e4pe to use her right to remain silent, as hers have done. Fact is also that at this point in time, more than a year after the beginning of the trial and after the court ordered the continued detention of Ralf Wohlleben, Zsch\u00e4pe\u2019s disposition may well have reached a low point: it becomes clearer and clearer that the likely result of the trial is a conviction on all charges; Zsch\u00e4pe must realize that she will spend a very long time behind bars.<\/p>\n
Against this background, it is likely that the double betrayal of her former \u201ccomrade\u201d Brandt once more showed her quite plainly how hopeless her situation is. After all, it was Brandt who built up the THS and thus also the \u201cComradeship Jena\u201d, it was Brandt who radicalized the scene, who developed militant and violent strategies against political enemies and clandestine modes of behavior, who militated in favor of armed struggle \u2013 all working for and being paid for by the domestic secret service. Brandt \u2013 who was more than a friend, but rather a \u201ccomrade\u201d of Zsch\u00e4pe and her co-perpetrators \u2013 now answers the court\u2019s questions and describes himself as a \u201cNational Socialist\u201d who always kept within the law, who would have liked to win elections for the Nazi party NPD. It was certainly Zsch\u00e4pe\u2019s expectation that her defense attorneys would attack this witness, would expose him and the secret service. That they did not do so may be for good reasons \u2013 maybe Brandt knows more about Zsch\u00e4pe than he has told the court so far. Or it may simply be due to inaptitude or a lack of understanding what Zsch\u00e4pe wants and needs from them.<\/p>\n
Zsch\u00e4pe\u2019s wish to be provided totally different defense attorney will not be fulfilled. Maybe one of her lawyers will voluntarily give u his spot to make room for a new attorney who will join the defense quite unprepared. Another option would be for the court to simply appoint an additional lawyer. In any event, it is far from clear whether this would lead to big changes in the trial or to Zsch\u00e4pe deciding to testify.<\/p>\n
The court has given Zsch\u00e4pe until late on Friday to motivate her motion to dismiss her current attorneys. It is extremely unlikely that the court will accept a serious delay in the trial. The trial day next Tuesday stands.<\/p>\n
Further speculation is uncalled for at this moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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