Without a subscription (and no desire to crawl through the internet pathways that would allow me access) to the WSJ, I do not have the article to post, but I will include the best bits -
WSJ
Eastern Edition
A14
February 5, 2003
Germany Will Soften Terror Charges
Hamburg, Germany - making an about face, prosecutors no longer plan to pursue charges of accessory to murder against Muslim extremists with known ties to the hijackers responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York and Washington.
With the trial of a man accused of aiding the hijackers winding down, prosecutors have learned how hard it is to link Muslim extremists to the September 11 cell that was based in Hamburg. That was highlighted yesterday, when presiding judge Albrecht Ment said hamburg's Upper Hanseatic Court might not convict Mounir el Motassadeq of more than 3,000 counts of accessory to murder.
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When they did finally sort this individual out, he received about 15 years for his assistance in murdering 3,000 human beings. That works out to nearly 22 days per life taken.
And Germany believes it values human life because it does not impose a death penalty versus the barbaric United States that still imposes the ultimate sanction in a rare few cases.
My question - which position actually respects life.
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