Berlin
Self-confessed cannibal Armin Meiwes was cleared of murder last week and sentenced instead to eight years for manslaughter. Meiwes killed Bernd Brandes—a man he met on the Internet after advertising for a willing victim—sautéed him in a bit of garlic, and washed him down with red wine. Judge Volker Mütze said the more serious murder charge was not appropriate because Brandes wanted to die and be eaten. The two men were “psychologically sick people who found each other,” the judge said. With good behavior, Meiwes could be free by 2008. He is already considering numerous offers for the film rights to his story.
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
-
George Floyd: Did Black Lives Matter fail?Feature The momentum for change fades as the Black Lives Matter Plaza is scrubbed clean
-
National debt: Why Congress no longer caresFeature Rising interest rates, tariffs and Trump's 'big, beautiful' bill could sent the national debt soaring
-
Why are military experts so interested in Ukraine's drone attack?TODAY'S BIG QUESTION The Zelenskyy government's massive surprise assault on Russian airfields was a decisive tactical victory — could it also be the start of a new era in autonomous warfare?
