Pedophilia isn't even mentioned. You're inserting that.
On Wednesday, the Legal Affairs Committee paved the way for a reduction in the minimum penalties for “dissemination, acquisition and possession of child pornographic content”.
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In its draft, the federal government cites feedback and demands from practice for a tightening of the penalty framework in 2021. Due to the lack of the possibility of discontinuing proceedings or disposing of them with a penalty order, it has been shown that “in proceedings involving a suspected crime at the lower end of criminal liability, this means that a reaction appropriate to the offense and guilt is no longer possible in every individual case is guaranteed". The conference of the justice ministers of the federal states also joined the demands from practice. The maximum penalties, which were also made more stringent with the 2021 reform, will be retained.
They tightened the laws in 2021, and had the unintended consequence of removing diversionary 'escape hatches' for kids with images of kids.
The point of this change is to give the prosecutors and judges leeway to use common sense.
Unwad your panties.