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  • Meinhof gang killer gets parole

    02/12/2007 2:00:06 PM PST · by Red6 · 32 replies · 621+ views
    CNN ^ | February 12, 2007 | Reuters
    BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) -- A German court on Monday ordered the release of Brigitte Mohnhaupt, a former member of the Red Army Faction (RAF) who has spent 24 years in prison for her involvement in multiple kidnappings and murders in the 1970s. The decision, which came after a request by Mohnhaupt for early release, is likely to cause a storm in the country, notably because she has expressed no remorse for a murderous RAF campaign which shook West Germany's new democracy to its core. The ruling comes as President Horst Koehler considers a pardon for Mohnhaupt's former RAF colleague Christian...