In March 1981, 30-year-old Marianne Bachmeier, a West German mother shot and killed the man who murdered her 7-year-old daughter inside of a courtroom. Decades later, the incident is still remembered
This case is such a difficult one because it sits between justice and revenge. It’s easy to understand Marianne’s anger as a mother, but it also raises uncomfortable questions about what happens when personal grief replaces the legal system. A complicated case that people still debate decades later.
So very true. It’s easy in some ways to understand Marianne’s anger and frustration. But at the same time, we can’t have people just taking the law into their own hands. Very sad.
I do not know enough about this case to opine whether "justice was served." When we discuss the tragic lives of people like Marianne Bachmeier, it may in fact be impossible to make any such determination...
It’s a very complicated case that’s for sure. I guess it’s a good thing the German people had to make the decision about Marianne’s sentence, not any of us. But you are right, her life and her daughter, Anna’s lives were very tragic.
This case is such a difficult one because it sits between justice and revenge. It’s easy to understand Marianne’s anger as a mother, but it also raises uncomfortable questions about what happens when personal grief replaces the legal system. A complicated case that people still debate decades later.
So very true. It’s easy in some ways to understand Marianne’s anger and frustration. But at the same time, we can’t have people just taking the law into their own hands. Very sad.
I do not know enough about this case to opine whether "justice was served." When we discuss the tragic lives of people like Marianne Bachmeier, it may in fact be impossible to make any such determination...
It’s a very complicated case that’s for sure. I guess it’s a good thing the German people had to make the decision about Marianne’s sentence, not any of us. But you are right, her life and her daughter, Anna’s lives were very tragic.