88-Year-Old Ex-Nazi Hitman Convicted

[Soylent Brice]

Heinrich Boere Gets Life Sentence for 1944 Killings of Three Dutch Civilians


Former member of Adolf Hitler's Waffen SS, Heinrich Boere, sits in his wheelchair during his trial in the courtroom of the court in Aachen, Germany,Tuesday, March 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz)

(AP) A German court on Tuesday convicted an 88-year-old man of murdering three Dutch civilians as part of a Nazi hit squad during World War II, capping six decades of efforts to bring the former Waffen SS man to justice.

Heinrich Boere, No. 6 on the Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of most-wanted Nazis, was given the maximum sentence of life in prison for the 1944 killings.

"These were murders that could hardly be outdone in terms of baseness and cowardice - beyond the respectability of any soldier," presiding judge Gerd Nohl said.

Boere sat in his wheelchair, staring at the floor and showing no visible reaction as the verdict was announced.

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[YOY]

Pfft...Life for an 88-year-old in a wheelchair.

Some justice there...

[Soylent Brice]

4. “Dii pedes lanatos habent”

Vengeance may be delayed, but it will come when least expected.
-Petronius

[Behind the Aegis]

5. So his prosecution is "vengance" not justice?

[Soylent Brice]

10. no, just another version of the "the wheels of justice are slow, but grind..." saying.

[Behind the Aegis]

11. Gotcha! Thanks.

[Soylent Brice]

12. >>>

;)

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

6. I think the amount of displeasure we are able to inflict the criminal is of limited importance.

The fact that there WAS a public trial and conviction of the crimes is more important.

He could have instead evaded capture forever while suffering horribly from, say, gout or arthritis. He would have suffered more, but there would have been less justice.

[YOY]

15. Yet he had so many free years and the crap years at the end are the only jailed ones.

Meh...maybe I'm just being cynical.

[devilgrrl]

13. Boo hoo - poor little nazi

:cry:

[YOY]

14. Sorry? I don't pity him. I think it's an short jail sentence for a man with little freedom as is.

He had most of his life free to do as he wanted and the only justice comes at the end of his miserable existance. He's got what? 5 years tops in the hole.

I feel justice has not been served to it's full extent. How do you get me feeling sorry for him?

[devilgrrl]

18. I hope those short years are his most miserable.

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

[YOY]

19. As do I.

Pity he won't live to 120.

[YOY]

1. Pfft...Life for an 88-year-old in a wheelchair.

Some justice there...

[proteus_lives]

8. I agree.

They should hang him.

[YOY]

16. Not one for the DP but I wouldn't argue very much in this case.

n.t.

[Behind the Aegis]

2. Good!

[uppityperson]

3. Good. Justice is slow, but glad they got him. His defense....

""As a simple soldier, I learned to carry out orders," Boere testified in December.

"And I knew that if I didn't carry out my orders I would be breaking my oath and would be shot myself."

But the prosecution argued that Boere was a willing member of the fanatical Waffen SS, which he joined shortly after the Nazis had overrun his hometown of Maastricht and the rest of the Netherlands in 1940. "

[proteus_lives]

17. The SS had entire divisions of foreign members.

They were often the most vicious troops.

[roguevalley]

20. no one has ever been able to find a case of a soldier refusing to

shoot people being shot for it. liars. all of them, always.

[Solly Mack]

7. K&R

[bullwinkle428]

9. GOOD. It always pisses me off when people decide to chime in

with the argument that "He's just a poor old man...why can't they let him live his life out in peace?"

How about justice for the victims, to start with?

[comrade snarky]

21. Better late than never

Put him in a hole. With luck he'll never see open sky again.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

22. Good

Better late than never. What an evil monster.