THAT’S NOT FUNNY! Merkel Allows Prosecution of German Comedian Over Erdogan Satire.

While Merkel left the legal fate of the comedian, Jan Boehmermann, in the hands of the country’s courts, she said her government will seek to scrap the law in Germany’s criminal code that penalizes insults against a foreign head of state. The decision wasn’t a prejudgment on the satirist’s culpability, she said.

“In a state of law, it’s not the domain of the government, but rather the prosecutors and the courts, to weigh individual rights,” Merkel told reporters in Berlin on Friday, reading from a prepared statement. While lauding Germany’s cooperation with Turkey, the chancellor said Turkey’s crackdown of media organizations was of “great concern.”

I wonder if this law has ever been used to prosecute German comics for insulting President Obama.

EDIT: Looks like I should have checked for Glenn’s post first…