Thu Aug 24, 2023 – 12:40 pm EDTThu Aug 24, 2023 – 1:52 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — A German judge who lifted mask mandates, distance rules, and mandatory COVID testing in two schools has been given a two-year suspended sentence.
Family court judge Christian Dettmar will be sent to prison if he violates the terms of his probation.
German authorities started an investigation into Dettmar in 2021 after he had ruled that children in two schools in Weimar must not be forced to wear masks, keep their distance from other people, or take COVID tests. Dettmar was suspended due to the accusations against him in January 2023.
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In his decision, Dettmar argued that the school mandates are a “danger to the mental, physical, or psychological well-being” of children. He provided evidence and arguments for his verdict, which was over 100 pages long.
The Erfurt Regional Court has now sentenced Dettmar to two years’ probation for obstruction of justice.
The defendant had reached a verdict “that he had intended from the outset,” the presiding judge argued in his decision, according to a report from Der
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