Germany's New "No Means No" Rape Law

by Soeren Kern • July 8, 2016 at 5:00 am

The reforms are unlikely to end Germany's migrant rape epidemic.
When it comes to immigration, political correctness often overrides the rule of law in Germany, where many migrants who commit sexual crimes are never brought to justice, and those who do stand trial receive lenient sentences from sympathetic judges.
"Every police officer knows he has to meet a particular political expectation. It is better to keep quiet [about migrant crime] to avoid problems." — Rainer Wendt, head of the German police union.
"It is unacceptable that asylum seekers are trampling on our society at the same time that they are here seeking our protection." — Prosecutor Bastian Blaut.

The German parliament has approved changes to the criminal code that expand the definition of rape and make it easier to deport migrants who commit sex crimes.

Under the bill, also known as the "No Means No" ("Nein heißt Nein") law, any form of non-consensual sex will now be punishable as a crime. Previously, only cases in which victims could show that they physically resisted their attackers were punishable under German law.

The changes, which were prompted by the sex attacks in Cologne, where hundreds of women were assaulted by mobs of mostly Muslim migrants on New Year's Eve, is being hailed as a "paradigm shift" in German jurisprudence.