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| Ex-Nazi SS Members Convicted for Massacre |
| 2005-06-23 |
| Ten former members of the Nazi SS were convicted Wednesday of taking part in the 1944 massacre of more than 500 villagers in northern Italy and sentenced to life in prison. The defendants, all German men in their 80s, were tried in absentia in the Italian town of La Spezia. The men are believed to be in Germany. "After 61 years justice was done," Michele Sillicani, mayor of the Tuscan village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema, where the slaughter occurred, told the Italian news agency ANSA. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 It gives me a good feeling. Perhaps 50 years from now they'll be rounding up Islamists and trying them for cutting people's heads off in 2004 and 2005. |
| Posted by: Fred 2005-06-23 15:35 |
| #2 Justice needlessly delayed is justice denied. At this point a verdict and sentencing is almost meaningless as these criminals are nearly at the end of long, and relatively comfortable lives. It does serve as a healthy reminder to Germans though, especially in these times. |
| Posted by: Tkat 2005-06-23 13:26 |
| #1 How can justice be done when none of the offenders were punished? Stupid. |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2005-06-23 10:44 |