Demjanjuk convicted
30 years of legal battle have come to an end with justice achieved, though even that's not fully obtained:
More than 30 years of legal wrestling came to an end Thursday with a guilty verdict in a Munich court for John Demjanjuk.Only 5 years? No, I think there's an awfully weak sentence given here, no matter his age, and he should be sentenced to spend his last gasps in prison. Such a monster must not be allowed to walk the face of the earth again.
The 91-year-old retired Ohio auto worker was accused of committing war crimes as a former Nazi guard at the Sobibor death camp during World War II. Demjanjuk was charged with 28,060 counts of accessory to murder of those who died during the time he was allegedly guarding at the camp.
He was sentenced to five years in prison, although the court may decide to credit his time already served while being held in custody during the trial.
“This could be the beginning of a new last wave of many [such] proceedings,” commented Cornelius Nestler, attorney for the plaintiff families of victims who died at Sobibor, on Wednesday.
Labels: anti-semitism, Europe, germany
