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2005, 11:03 GMT 12:03 UK Court rethinks cannibal sentence Armin
Meiwes Meiwes may walk free by 2008 German cannibal Armin Meiwes
is back in court where an appeal is being heard almost 15 months
after he was imprisoned for eight and a half years.  Prosecutors
are pressing for him to be jailed for life, while his defence
wants the sentence cut to five years.  Meiwes was jailed for
manslaughter in January 2004 for killing and eating a willing
victim he met via the internet.  The judge denied the
prosecutors' call for a murder conviction, which would have
meant a 15-year jail sentence.  Both the prosecution and the
defence appealed against the manslaughter verdict.  His defence
team say because the victim was a volunteer, his death was a
mercy killing, carrying a penalty of five years in jail  But
prosecutors call Meiwes a butcher who must be imprisioned for
life.  Meiwes, a middle-aged comp