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Issei Sagawa - Killed a classmate, raped, and ate her body... but was not convicted, later becoming a lecturer and sushi critic in Japan (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wealthy family, young man studying overseas. Nothing new here at all...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Did you read about it at all? His wealth wasn't relevant. France declared he was to be held indefinitely without trial and then deported him to Japan; Japan said no, he has to have a trial, and then France refused to hand over the case files.

Sounds like French laws are deeply problematic.