Death threat
A death threat (or death threat ) is understood to mean the threat that the death of a living being will be caused, usually this happens to another person. In contrast to the mere warning of death , the threatening person ascribes an influence on the occurrence of death.
Threat of death
The threat of death is a threat to a person that a person will be killed.
Legal situation
Threatening the death of a person in order to induce a person to act , tolerate or omit , is a coercion according to German criminal law , even if the death of a stranger is threatened. The threat of murder or manslaughter against the person threatened or a person close to him or her is a criminal threat , because both offenses are crimes . In addition, death threats sometimes occur in the case of robbery , extortion , extortionate kidnapping and hostage-taking . If the threat is carried out, criminal liability for attempted or completed , intentional homicide , such as murder or manslaughter , is possible.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Duden | Death threat | Spelling, meaning, definition. In: www.duden.de. Retrieved February 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Prof. Dr. Michael Hettinger: Criminal Law Special Part 1 . 37th edition. CF Müller, Heidelberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-8114-9345-2 , p. 129 .
- ↑ Kindhäuser, in Nomos Commentary on the StGB, Vol. 2, 2nd edition 2005, before Section 249 marginal number 35.
