Русская версияGermany's Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe decided Friday,
Aug.
15, that former Red Army Faction terrorists Christian Klar,
Brigitte Mohnhaupt and Knut Folkerts would not receive an added
prison sentence of up to six months, thus overturning a ruling by
the investigating judge.
All three members of the left-wing terrorist group, which was
active in Germany in the 1970s and 1980s, were convicted for taking
part in the murder of Buback and his two companions.
Had the additional sentence been upheld, Klar's time in prison
would have been extended. Mohnhaupt and Folkerts, who have already
been released, would have returned to prison for coercive
detention.
Buback murders reopened
More than 30 years after the Buback murders, an investigation was
reopened when RAF defector Peter-Juergen Boock came forward saying
that former RAF member Stefan Wisniewski -- not Folkerts, as
previously thought -- had pulled the trigger in the Buback murders.
Wisniewski was sentenced to life in prison for his involvement in
the kidnapping and murder of German business leader Hanns-Martin
Schleyer, but had not been convicted in the Buback murders.
The investigating judge had imposed the additional sentence on
Klar, Mohnhaupt and Folkert in an attempt to force the former
RAF-members to testify again concerning Buback's killer.
The sentence was overturned Friday after all three filed an
official complaint with the Federal Court of Justice. It remains
highly disputed whether former members of terrorist organizations
can be forced to testify against fellow members after having served
their sentence.
(Deutsche Welle)
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