Criminal defence lawyers in Germany - Rademacher & Horst - specialise in defending clients in the entire spectrum of criminal law. 

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certified specialist lawyers for criminal law

You can't invent experience. We are cerified specialist lawyers for criminal law and have defended our clients over two decades against accusations from the entire spectrum of criminal law.

With us you will find expertise and strategic planning. We provide you with a reliable basis for your decisions.

Defenders in appeal instances

One of our focal fields is defence in all appeal instances (complaints, appeals and constitutional complaints in criminal cases).

You can expect us to work with care, perseverance and attention to detail. This is the only way to achieve results.

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In any event, the overload of a court cannot justify the continuation of pre-trial detention (OLG Stuttgart (1st Criminal Tribunal), Order of 12 October 2018 - H 1 Ws 105/18). Even if the overload is based on a quantity of work which, despite the exhaustion of all possibilities available to the court organisation, can no longer be dealt with within reasonable time limits (OLG Stuttgart). If the state does not help the courts to compensate the overload of the courts with more resources, it must accept releases from prison.

European investigation order EEA on the rise

By inserting §§ 91 a et seq. IRG, the German legislator transposed the European Investigation Order (RL-EEA) into national law with effect from 22 May 2017. In practice, the new regulation to simplify and accelerate the transfer of evidence within Europe increasingly raises the question of whether and to what extent evidence obtained abroad can be used in German criminal proceedings.