bekisman
31-Oct-07, 14:14
Madrid train bombings
"Three of the eight lead defendants - Emilio Trashorras, a Spaniard, and Jamal Zougam and Otman el Gnoui, both Moroccans - received sentences of nearly 40,000 years each. Under Spanish law, however, they can only serve a maximum of 40 years.Prosecutors sought symbolic sentences of up to 38,976 years each for the eight lead defendants, including one Spaniard - 30 years for each of the people killed in the attacks, 18 years for each of the wounded, plus more time for other terrorism-related charges. But the most time anyone can spend in a Spanish jail is 40 years.
Spain has no death penalty or life imprisonment."
(Strange how 'our' life imprisonment is usually just 11 years)
"Three of the eight lead defendants - Emilio Trashorras, a Spaniard, and Jamal Zougam and Otman el Gnoui, both Moroccans - received sentences of nearly 40,000 years each. Under Spanish law, however, they can only serve a maximum of 40 years.Prosecutors sought symbolic sentences of up to 38,976 years each for the eight lead defendants, including one Spaniard - 30 years for each of the people killed in the attacks, 18 years for each of the wounded, plus more time for other terrorism-related charges. But the most time anyone can spend in a Spanish jail is 40 years.
Spain has no death penalty or life imprisonment."
(Strange how 'our' life imprisonment is usually just 11 years)