this happen from a medical perspective is it possible that the defendants are intentionally losing white. convincing me to be given. by feeling. about the fantasy series making for going to happen. but laws were no on the books that allowed trials to take place without the defendants being present that was no coincidence. just fifty other countries the civil side it s been forty years now so i can speak openly. but. i think the court knew that the defendants would continue their hunger strike to the point where they no longer be fit to stand trial. in this heart of sin had boy kept on tut so there would have been no point to even start the trial.
already claimed responsibility for the killings the defendants faced life in prison and they decided to use hunger strikes to protest the strict prison conditions that the author of his and imposed on them. yes. it was the first time since one thousand nine hundred five that prisoners had used their own bodies as a weapon it was a huge step because it could end in their deaths as it did with hunger mines. mines his death was a disaster for the justice system the author orators were now in the dock and the red army faction had its first martyr. the fight continues. there were accusations that mine s lawyers were deliberately complicit in his death and that they were simply trying to stir things up before the trial started. for
this case will follow strict legal procedures we will ensure that the rights of the accused are guaranteed to get it out of. the court will not allow those rights to be abused by either side. at first we lawyers had a normal and informal relationship with the judge for comfort or threat news who they wish shouted you re hopeful and that s is i had hoped that given my courtroom experience i would at least be able to impose a sense of order on the proceedings at wrigley his new york chef and the fans of snow. in late one thousand nine hundred seventy four the area of prisoners were transferred to. the trial against enslin hospital baader meinhof and mines was to start there in a few weeks the charges against them included four counts of murder the group had
a pin drop in the courtroom as the presiding judge spoke the defendants have been found guilty on four counts of murder numerous attempted murder bombing attacks and forming a criminal organization of the court sentences all three of you to life in prison and. we discussed the verdict and decided that i was correct in my name currently that i can and to a person who is not a legal expert could look at this case and accept the good but if you are a legal expert and. familiar with the trial yet realize that it was a disgrace shanika vs. the trial was complicated there was the wiretapping controversy and the defendants and the lawyers kept making political speeches. given the verdict was intended to serve justice and restore a certain level of come to society he freed the media here used to it but the
he only does not even ten years later he was still having a lot of trouble with and i think like you i don t think he ever talk to anyone about it not even my mother. he worked through it on his own meticulous. gabriela been saying never actively supported the r.f. but for some time after the trial she remained captivated by the organization ideology. both in your mind if i spend fifteen years dealing with that sort of garbage i mean it s so much i think like that and i m often ashamed of that. i should have come to the conclusion much earlier that although these people were human beings and had a radical and idealistic philosophy. they were still killers in the field i mean