# SDMB's Cannibal Gets Sentenced... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 30, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-cannibal-gets-sentenced/226753 "2004-01-30T14:59:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-cannibal-gets-sentenced/226753/1 "2004-01-30T14:59:29Z")
[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4104727/](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4104727/) Revtim brought Herr Armin M. to our attention in this thread… > **[An old colleague of mine was voluntarily cannibalized and killed. TM friggin' I.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=174724)** > > I actually heard about this in January, but it was the day of my father’s funeral and I had other things on my mind, as you can imagine. But I heard some more details today, which reminded me. In the early to mid 90’s this guy would come to Florida... His trial started in December & concluded with a sentence of…(sit down)… EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS FOR MANSLAUGHTER!!! Because the court ruled, he did not have “base motives” for the killing 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-cannibal-gets-sentenced/226753/2 "2004-01-30T15:37:05Z")
I can’t provide a link, as their headline story changes hourly, but 1010 WINS now has a banner photo of a smiling Armin and a plate of meatballs, with the headline, “ **Cannibal Gourmet—That’s Some Spicy Meatball**.” I didn’t think it was possible to sink lower than the _NY Post_ . . . ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-cannibal-gets-sentenced/226753/3 "2004-01-30T15:45:11Z")
Wow. Just wow. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-cannibal-gets-sentenced/226753/4 "2004-01-30T15:45:30Z")
[Here’s](http://1010wins.com/topstories/winstopstories_story_030072507.html) a link anyway, for those who think I am making this up. No doubt 1010 WINS is cursing Armin for being German and not Italian, so they could have said, “Mama Mia—'at’s-a Some Spicy Meatball-a!” . . . Makes me proud to be a journalist . . . ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-cannibal-gets-sentenced/226753/5 "2004-01-30T15:49:28Z")
I’m glad it wasn’t for a year longer or disturbing images of Mickey Roarke, Kim Bassinger and Meiwes might have been called forth. Awww, a boo boo on your knee… Hey, strawberries! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-cannibal-gets-sentenced/226753/6 "2004-01-30T15:51:41Z")
If he were Swedish, they could use 'Mamma Mia." Except ABBA would sue. Makes me proud to be a vegetarian. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-cannibal-gets-sentenced/226753/7 "2004-01-30T15:54:47Z")
I bet he complains about the food in prison a lot. ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-cannibal-gets-sentenced/226753/8 "2004-01-30T15:59:18Z")
I’m betting his cellmate sleeps with the lights on. 8½ years??? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-cannibal-gets-sentenced/226753/9 "2004-01-30T16:03:33Z")
_Gunther: The other white meat._ ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-cannibal-gets-sentenced/226753/10 "2004-01-30T16:17:18Z")
Yeah, the court observers were simmering, The ruling really hit a raw nerve. You do have to admit, though, that guy had balls. I got nuthin’ here… ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-cannibal-gets-sentenced/226753/11 "2004-01-30T16:17:59Z")
I know, as hard as it is to believe, that some people have the urge to have an arm or a leg cut off. Is there really a disorder (a chemical imbalance or whatever) that causes people to have the desire to be killed, butchered, filleted and eaten? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-cannibal-gets-sentenced/226753/12 "2004-01-30T16:18:24Z")
So _that’s_ what a Hot Carl is! I’ve always wondered. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-cannibal-gets-sentenced/226753/13 "2004-01-30T16:30:10Z")
Yeah, anybody that cut off an arm or a leg would be considered unbalanced… unless they’d done it once before. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-cannibal-gets-sentenced/226753/14 "2004-01-30T16:51:27Z")
You folks are utterly sick!!! I love you guys! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-cannibal-gets-sentenced/226753/15 "2004-01-30T16:51:42Z")
Eight and a half years, huh? Seems to me, a longer sentence could go a ways toward reducing the prison overpopulation problem. ---
**Author:** ![french\_frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c77e96/32.png) [@french\_frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/french_frog)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-cannibal-gets-sentenced/226753/16 "2004-01-30T17:06:25Z")
Damn. I just read the SDMB link… The guy ate his own balls? Sick! **Sick! Sick!** As the other guy… 8 1/2 years… Not that bad for a special meal… Watch out if you’re looking for a trip in Germany in 2012… ---
**Author:** ![UselessGit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/74df32/32.png) [@UselessGit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UselessGit)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-cannibal-gets-sentenced/226753/17 "2004-01-30T17:09:36Z")
If I were to brutally rape a woman with the help of burning candles, chains, strings and whathaveyous I would go to jail for a very long time - and rightfully so. If, however, two consenting adults were to have a night of …bondage…sado…maso…chism (?) with the exact same er… activities they would not be committing a crime, they would just be “with it”. IMHO the same rules apply, the “victim” had agreed to being served, so I really think 8 1/2 years in jail is a bit over the top. …the rest of his life in an asylum would be more fitting. He has an eternity in Hell to look forward to, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-cannibal-gets-sentenced/226753/18 "2004-01-30T17:37:57Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > You folks are utterly sick!!! > > I love you guys! I second this. Sick . . . but f\*!&in’ funny!! 😃 Tripler Weird, I’ve got a craving for a good chianti and some fava beans. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-cannibal-gets-sentenced/226753/19 "2004-01-30T17:49:47Z")
“It’s OK—I had Subway for lunch!” ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-cannibal-gets-sentenced/226753/20 "2004-01-30T18:01:24Z")
Und tonite, I has City Bus. Tomorroz? Hitch hiker! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmbs-cannibal-gets-sentenced/226753.md?page=2)