The law legalizing cannabis could come into force on April 1st. Unusually, immunity from prosecution is supposed to apply retroactively.
The law is already creating a lot of work for the judiciary. At the Erding District Court, the effort required to review old judgments, punishments and probation or conditions is limited. The decisive factor is whether the punishment can still be reversed if it only involved cannabis, says Martin Strunz, spokesman for the Landshut public prosecutor's office. The judges are currently being trained.