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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Inmate refuses to leave prison
2006-10-22
A 59-YEAR-old German man who has spent the last 34 years in jail has turned down offers to be let out.
"Nope. Nope. Ain't goin'."
"He rejected an offer to leave in 1992," Thomas Melzer, a spokesman for the Brandenburg state justice ministry, told Bild newspaper today. "We can't do anything if someone sentenced to life in prison doesn't want to leave."
"I don't gotta if I don't wanna and you can't make me, so there!"
The man, identified only as Gerold H, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1972 when the area was part of communist East Germany. German prisoners have no obligation to agree to leave jail before their sentences have been completed.
Posted by:Fred

#5  He is at retirement age. He cannot be fond of "new beginnings".
Posted by: newc   2006-10-22 12:33  

#4  And the solution is so easy:

"Yeah, it's a life term, but we decided that 34 years is enough. So, your life ends now."
Posted by: Jackal   2006-10-22 11:52  

#3  An Ossie. Makes sense. He was promised three hots and a cot for life, and by God the state owes it to him! Now that these capitalist running dogs are in charge, he might have to get a job. Aiieee!
Posted by: exJAG   2006-10-22 06:02  

#2  "We can't do anything if someone sentenced to life in prison doesn't want to leave."

Good grief. I guess it's clear who's in charge over there.
Posted by: .com   2006-10-22 05:11  

#1  I guess he didn't want to leave his cellmate's behind.

[rimjobshot]
Posted by: Zenster   2006-10-22 02:40  

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