German murderer wins 'right to be forgotten'

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

German murderer wins 'right to be forgotten'

27 November 2019

A German man convicted of murder in 1982 has the right to have his name removed from online search results, Germany's highest court has ruled.

The constitutional court in Karlsruhe ruled in favour of the man, who was handed a life sentence for murdering two people on a yacht in 1982.

He was released from jail in 2002 and says he wants his family name to be distanced from his crime.

The ruling could force publications to restrict access to online archives.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50579297

[guillaumeb]

1. Does the victim have a right to live again? eom

[Pachamama]

2. What's his name?

[Jake Stern]

3. And to think some DUers want us to be more like Germany when it comes to criminal justice.

If it were a drug conviction or he was sent up river for passing bad paper, I'd say yeah let him get on with his life BUT not for MURDERING two people.

That should follow him for the rest of his life.

[GanjaGrower]

4. That's ridiculous

Are libraries going to be forced to remove any materials that mention his crime? Same concept.

[sandensea]

5. It is.

This is the kind of news the Hannitys, Ingrahams, and Lumpballs of the world just love using as examples of "how liberals have gone off the rails."

And also, of course, because if the perpetrator wanted to be "forgotten" the very last thing he should've done is make a fuss in the courts.

I bet you dollars to donuts hardly anyone outside Germany (and few in it) had even heard of the guy before this.