Justice or not Justice?

[OK Corgi Rancher]

I have mixed feelings. A 96 year old former secretary to a Nazi death camp commander skips out before her trial on 11,000 counts of being an accessory to murder. It's interesting but would putting her on trial accomplish anything? I have mixed feelings. If she really killed people, fine. Put her on trial. But it sounds like she's being tried simply because she worked at the camp. So I'm just a little torn on this one. Part of me says let the old lady die in peace. She's 96. It's quite possible she wouldn't even survive the trial. What if the strain of the trial is too much for her, she's acquitted and then dies from the added stress. Is that right?

Too many questions. Interested to hear what others think:

Ex-Nazi camp secretary, 96, flees instead of facing 11K counts in her murder trial

She had claimed in a recent letter to the court that she was too frail to appear for trial.

kfor.com

 

[TedKennedy]

The whole situation would seem insane if not for conditioning by the media for the last 80 years.

 

[RickN]

She was a secretary and not even 21. I feel trying her for helping murder all those people is a stretch and 75 years later is pushing it. She will probably die before the trial could be completed anyway. Now a guard or something I can see trying but not a secretary.

 

[Aku]

Trying a 96 year old in juvenile court because she under 21 at the time. Interesting procedure.

 

[RobertinElkCity]

There is no statue of limitations on murder.

 

[KOPBET]

German law. German issues. German's can deal with it.

 

[trekrok]

Seems stupid to me. All about virtue signaling. Why wasn't it handled at some point over the last 75 years if Justice is what they are seeking.

One quote was good, saying her flight should affect her punishment. Oh no, the 96 year old lady will get 50 years now instead of 20. Isn't pretty much any sentence a life sentence at this point?

 

[jakeman]

German law. German issues. German's can deal with it.

Yeah, wouldn't touch it with a 40' pole.

 

[Bocephus123]

a lot of them were probably made to do it

 

[okiebertt]

Seems pointless to me. The Germans don't have anything better to waste their money on?