Prosecution
After an investigation, the state prosecutor maintained that Michel’s death could have been prevented even one week before she died.
In 1976, the state charged Anneliese's parents and priests Father Ernst Alt and Father Arnold Renz with neglectful homicide. During the case Anneliese's body was exhumed and tapes were played to the court of the exorcisms over the eleven months leading to her death. The parents were defended by Erich Schmidt-Leichner. The state asked that no involved parties be jailed; instead the recommended sentence for the priests was a fine. The prosecution asked the parents be recused from punishment as they had "suffered enough".
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