Right to Opine

A court in Stuttgart has ruled that Christian Klar, a leader of the Red Army Faction in the 1970s and 80s, will be released on parole after serving 26 years. They can’t find a reason to continue his incarceration. How about this: he’s served less than one year for each of the known killings of the terrorist group (30, though he was convicted of 9 plus 11 attempts). I lived in Germany during the period his Baader-Meinhof gang was in high swing and can attest that it was a truly frightening time. His victims, their families, and the German people deserve better.