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09:23 May 9th, 2006

Putting some teeth in cannibal conviction…

Posted by: Robert Basler
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That German cannibal who had been sentenced to eight years for manslaughter has now been sentenced to life for murder, by a court which ruled the earlier conviction was too lenient. 

Prosecution lawyers argued that Meiwes killed to satisfy his sexual urges but the defense team said he had acted on his victim’s request, a crime similar to euthanasia. Well, maybe not exactly like euthanasia…  Don’t read it over lunch, but here is the story:   cannibal300.jpg                                                               

 

Armin Meiwes, in a December 3, 2003 file picture. REUTERS/Pool/Boris Roessler

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