Facts
The appellant [X.] was sentenced on 2. September 2008 to a prison term of 15 ¾ years for intentional homicide, multiple endangerment of life, violation of the Weapons Act, and serious violation of traffic regulations. On 11. June 2014, he had served two-thirds of his sentence. However, the Office of Justice of the Canton of Zurich refused him conditional release on the two-thirds deadline.
The appellant applied to the Administrative Court of the Canton of Zurich to overturn the judgment and grant him conditional release from prison. The Administrative Court dismissed the appeal. The appellant then filed an appeal with the Federal Court.
Considerations
The Federal Court examined whether the lower court had rightly refused the appellant's conditional release. It found that the lower court had subjected all relevant circumstances for the question of conditional release to an overall assessment, without exceeding, falling short of, or abusing the broad discretion available to it.
The Federal Court found that the lower court had rightly conducted an overall assessment, taking into account the offender's previous life, personality, and behavior during the prison term, his recent attitude towards his crimes, his possible improvement, and the expected living conditions after release. It found that the appellant's previous convictions, his…