Günter Weigand (24 November 1924 – 2003) was a German self-proclaimed "social lawyer" (''Sozialanwalt''), economist and amateur prosecutor who became victim of a judicial and psychiatric scandal. Heinrich Böll and the German expert in criminal law Karl Peters (jurist), Karl Peters (among others) made it possible, that the Weigand case is known as a miscarriage of justice. Weigand was born on 24 November 1924 in Olsztyn, Allenstein. He died in 2003, likely in Troisdorf.

Publications (selection)

* ''Die Berechtigung sittlicher Werturteile in den Sozialwissenschaften.'' Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 1960. * ''Der Rechtsstaat wird uns nicht geschenkt! Lehren aus der Münsterschen Mordaffäre um den Gewalttod des Rechtsanwalts Blomert vom 25.August 1961.'' Selbstverlag, 1979, 132 Seiten,

Secondary literature

* Jürgen Kehrer: ''Schande von Münster: Die Affäre Weigand''. Waxmann 1996. * Dietmar Klenke: „1.4. Der Blomert-Weigand-Prozess als Imagekatastrophe für Münster.“ In: ''Schwarz - Münster - Paderborn: Ein antikatholisches Klischeebild''. Waxmann 2008. p. 64-67.

References

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