Originally Posted by Sty

Actually, according to some article on this thread, he served just shy of a few days of the 19 years. Just a few days.

I'm sorry if Germany's law is much tighter on the 'threat to society'. He didn't qualify, served his time (a few days short but who cares if you have been there for 19 years already), qualified for parole, walked out.

Move on.

I see this as a good example of well functioning justice system. No death senteces, long prison terms for serious offenders and extremelly tight qualification for 'until natural death'.