Published: 10 Apr 12 16:50 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/national/20120410-41855.htmlShareTweetVictims' rights organisations and a police union sharply attacked a plan backed by 10 German states to allow prisoners convicted of dangerous crimes to apply for "holidays" after just five years in jail rather than the current 10.
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"Such a long-term time off after five years of jail would severely shatter citizens' sense of justice," Bernhard Witthaut, the chairman of the GdP police union said in a statement.
"People who commit premeditated murder should spend the rest of their lives in jail," Gabrielle Karl told The Local. She founded