Facts
The Public Prosecutor's Office of the Canton of Basel-Stadt conducted a criminal investigation against [A.] on suspicion of multiple threats, coercion, and alarming the public, among other offenses. He was arrested on June 21, 2019 and placed in pre-trial detention. On September 4, 2019, the Public Prosecutor's Office filed charges with the Criminal Court of the Canton of Basel-Stadt. By order dated September 10, 2019, the Coercive Measures Court of the Canton of Basel-Stadt ordered preventive detention until December 3, 2019 due to the risk of repetition and execution. Against this order, [A.] appealed to the Court of Appeal of the Canton of Basel-Stadt, which dismissed his legal remedy on October 7, 2019. [A.] then filed a criminal law appeal to the Federal Supreme Court and requested that the decision of the Court of Appeal be overturned and that he be released from custody immediately.Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court dismissed the appeal. It considered the order for preventive detention to be in accordance with federal law: - The offenses of threat, coercion, and alarming the public imputed to the appellant are to be classified as serious offenses within the meaning of Art. 221 para. 1 lit. c CrimPC. The threats were directed against high-ranking legal interests such as life and physical integrity and revealed a significant dangerousness of the appellant. - The requirement of a significant threat to the safety…