Several hundred people gathered outside of the court in Weinheim, north of Heidelberg, to denounce a specific ruling and Germany's pandemic regulations. The ruling that was being protested pertained to a German doctor being jailed for issuing mask exemptions.
A German doctor who unlawfully granted more than 4,000 individuals exemptions from sporting masks during the coronavirus outbreak was given a two-year and nine-month jail sentence late on Monday, reports AP NEWS.
The doctor was found guilty on Tuesday of "issuing incorrect health certificates" to individuals from all over Germany, the majority of whom she had never encountered or evaluated, according to a local court in the southwestern town of Weinheim.
A three-year employment prohibition and payment of the 28,000 euros ($29,550) she had earned for providing the medical certificates were also imposed on her in addition to the prison term. The penalties for her office assistant was 2,700 euros.
The court noted in ...