When dozens of men allegedly sexually assaulted women at the main train station in Cologne, Germany, on New Year's Eve, German Chancellor Angela Merkel demanded a "tough response" and called the incidents "disgusting". But the actual punishments could be rather soft. Experts say that in the past, legal loopholes have allowed sex offenders to escape punishment in Germany. "So far, the German law governing sexual offences is far from being...
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