Hasselhoff Makes Germans Hungry

"If having sex with men, murdering them in cold blood, preparing them with herbs and a light wine sauce, and then eating them is wrong then I don't want to be right," -Armin Meiwes

Armin Meiwes, sentenced to eight years for manslaughter back in 2004, is getting a retrial. No, Meiwes isn't trying to get off lighter, German prosecutors believe that manslaughter is too lenient a sentence, and are seeking a life sentence for Murder. So why did Meiwes receive such a lenient sentence in the first place? Some say it was due to the consentual nature of his crime.

Armin Meiwes, a computer technician, posted a personal ad on the internet seeking "a well-built man prepared to be eaten and killed." Meiwes received over a hundred responses to his ad before deciding on Bernd Brandes. The two enjoyed a romantic dinner of sausage-like parts of Brandes together before Brandes died and was carved and frozen for later consumption.

At trial, Meiwes pleaded "Not Guilty By Reason of Germanity." Defense attorneys stated "This man grew up eating sausages and listening to Kraftwerk, What other outcome could you possibly expect from that kind of environment?" Court-appointed psychologist Klaus Beier argued that Meiwes was indeed not insane, but merely "From a clinical point of view ... 'Batshit German.'"

Meiwes claimed the idea came from subliminal messages in David Hasselhoff's 1999 album Looking for Freedom.