Court to review sentence of German cannibal

Germany’s highest court is expected to rule today on a prosecution request to increase a sentence to life in prison for a man convicted of killing and eating another man.

Court to review sentence of German cannibal
Fri, 22 Apr, 2005 - 11:00

Germany’s highest court is expected to rule today on a prosecution request to increase a sentence to life in prison for a man convicted of killing and eating another man.

The Federal Constitutional Court is considering the case of Armin Meiwes, who was convicted in January 2004 of killing and eating Bernd Juergen Brandes.

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