New Application for the Release of Josef F. Submitted
The Vienna defense attorney Astrid Wagner has once again submitted an application for the conditional early release of Josef F., who was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Amstetten incest case, at the Regional Court of Krems. For the now 90-year-old, who suffers from dementia, all the requirements for a release are met, Wagner told the APA on Sunday. In a first step, at least preparations for release should be initiated, she stated.
Attorney wants to release Josef F. early from prison
"According to forensic reports, he no longer poses a danger to the public. My client has served the minimum sentence of 15 years. After appropriate preparation, there is nothing standing in the way of a release," Wagner argues in her podcast "Plea for Criminals." There have been no accompanied day releases or other measures to prepare for a life in freedom so far, she criticized.
Transfer from preventive to regular detention
Josef F. was transferred from preventive to regular detention in May 2024 - based on a decision by a three-judge panel of the Regional Court of Krems. In the same decision, the panel denied a general conditional release from regular detention. The incest case became known at the end of April 2008. Josef F. (who now has a different name) had kept his daughter imprisoned in a basement dungeon for 24 years and fathered seven children with her - one of whom died after birth.
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