Evidence object
The evidence object (from latin asservare , "(official) guard"; official: Verwahrstück ) denotes an after Polizeirecht or after Strafprozessordnung seized or seized object .
In medicine, too, securing objects (such as samples of an ingested poison) is referred to as preserving or preserving .
The preserved thing can be used as evidence in criminal or fine proceedings (for example, trace carriers - bones with projectiles, excised skin with stab wounds) or to avert danger ( police law ).
The evidence is kept in an evidence chamber - usually a specially secured room with the police, customs and the public prosecutor's office. This can be deviated from if the evidence chamber is not a suitable place for storage (e.g. a car or other large, heavy or bulky objects will not fit in; seized explosives will not be stored in an evidence chamber due to the inherent risk of explosion).
Another example is the safekeeping of driver's licenses ; In criminal proceedings, these are usually forwarded to the public prosecutor ; in the case of driving bans , they remain with the responsible police station. An evidence object can also be specially secured in order to preserve any traces that may be present; Examples are packing in bags or storing liquids in closed containers.
As a rule, evidence is only kept until the reason for its safekeeping no longer applies. In administrative offense or criminal proceedings, this applies if these are no longer required as (material) evidence ; this is usually the case when the criminal investigations have been concluded or also when the criminal proceedings have been concluded. The decision on the surrender of the evidence is made by the public prosecutor in criminal proceedings, and by the prosecuting authority in administrative offense proceedings. In police law ( hazard prevention), the evidence is either to be destroyed or handed over to the last person in custody if the object or the user of the object no longer poses any danger or if this can be assumed.
A so-called evidence book (also: custody book ) is kept on the holdings of the evidence chamber . Each evidence object is given an evidence object tag on which data for allocation are noted.
Examples of evidence cited in the indictment in the Stammheim trial (abbreviated "Ass."):
- "Black Book Church" (Ass. No. E11, bedroom, item 5)
- 1 bundle of blue wool threads (ass. No. B 35 track II / 33)
- Ensslin - Kassiber , Ass. C 6.4.2 item 116
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Rainer Fritz Lick , Heinrich Schläfer: Accident rescue. Medicine and technology . Schattauer, Stuttgart / New York 1973, ISBN 978-3-7945-0326-1 ; 2nd, revised and expanded edition, ibid 1985, ISBN 3-7945-0626-X , p. 203.
