Rejection of the request for suspension of criminal proceedings due to threat

Facts

The appellant [A.] was found guilty by the High Court of the Canton of Aargau of threat and criminal preparatory acts for multiple intentional homicides. He requested that the criminal proceedings for threat under Art. 55a SCC be suspended, as his wife had demanded this. However, the Federal Court rejected this request.

Considerations

The Federal Court stated that the suspension under Art. 55a SCC should be the exception and not the rule. Although the appellant's wife had wanted the proceedings to be suspended, the Federal Court concluded that a suspension would neither stabilize nor improve the situation of the wife. The appellant has already been living separately from his wife for months and has not expressed himself negatively towards her since the…