Willi Geiger (judge)

Willi Geiger (May 22, 1909 in Neustadt an der Weinstraße - January 19, 1994 in Karlsruhe) was a German judge. He was president of the Federal Court of Justice of Germany and Associate Justice in the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. After the Nazi seizure of power 1933 Geiger joined the SA and in 1934 the National Socialist Association of Legal Professionals and National Socialist People's Welfare. In 1937 he joined the NSDAP. Geiger worked as a proecutor at the Bamberg Sondergericht and gave at least five times capital punishment.