Zu Tode verwahrt

"Who does not confess will never get out" serves as the red thread of this striking and frightening autobiography, which Beat Meier has been clinging to for 30 years. The reader must always keep in mind that this is not a novel, but a documentation of an incredible judicial odyssey and a dehumanizing, populist-opportunistic Swiss politics of fear and hatred, which drills into the population the necessity of 100% security against "potential offenders." It deals with unrestrained tabloid journalism, blatant misconduct by various law enforcement agencies, and indefinite preventive detention based on questionable assessments from psychologists, lawyers, and politicians. It also addresses the ruthless, traumatizing treatment of (alleged) child victims by law enforcement agencies, which claim to protect these children. A story that touches and can happen to anyone, in one form or another - and not just in Switzerland.