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In
its
judgment
of
4
May
2011
,
the
Constitutional
Court
confirmed
its
constant
case
-
law
to
the
effect
that
the
absolute
ban
on
the
retrospective
application
of
lex
gravior
does
not
apply
to
preventive
detention
and
therefore
this
measure
of
correction
and
prevention
can
be
applied
retrospectively
to
convicted
offenders
.
The
interpretation
of
what
is
considered
to
be
a
punishment
in
Germany
could
not
be
determined
by
following
the
case
-
law
of
the
Convention
,
but
was
to
be
decided
solely
in
accordance
with
the
German
Constitution.[178
]
This
argument
led
inter
alia
to
the
maintenance
of
Article
2
§
6
of
the
Criminal
Code,[179
]
which
allows
for
the
retrospective
imposition
of
measures
of
correction
and
prevention
.
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