That is what I simply can't understand about the German system. A person killed someone because of alcohol, yet because of this intentional act he is not getting properly punished for it. Just let him continue drinking since it is a Kavalierdelikt.
Oh well,it is your system.
You fail to see that somebody guilty of negligent murder because of a DUI incident gets imprisonment on probation. That means that he has to serve his two years in jail once he committs another crime within the next three years following his conviction. He surely won´t drive again under influence of drugs, or he risks his job and life standard. But whom do we help when we put the worker in jail who regrets that he killed a human with his car? The family of the killed? No, they cannot expect much of compensation from an inmate. The victim? He/she´s dead. The offender? By arrestíng him, he loses his job, gets trouble with his family, lives in jail for years and when he gets out he´s broken. The family of the offender, which bears no guilt at all? Tough challenge to get through life without the paychecks from Dad, great living in the neighbourhood with people whispering about the evil Dad.
I´m all for hard punishment, but under our laws, the offender gets enough of it. The probation alone surely isn´t the worst of all, but combined with the civil compensation lawsuit, it´s a good reminder of never doing such again.