People and Politics: Germany to free Baader-Meinhof fighter (19.12.2008)

Christian Klar was a member of the 1970s left-wing German terrorist organization known as the Red Army Faction or the Baader-Meinhof group. In 1985 he was convicted on nine counts of murder and eleven counts of attempted murder. In jail since 1982, Christian Klar will be freed on parole on January 3, after serving the minimum 26 years of his life sentence. Klar had previously been denied a pardon in 2007. Earlier this year a court ruled that Klar no longer posed a threat to society. But Klar has never expressed remorse for his actions and has refused to tell investigators important information concerning his involvement. This has angered many people in Germany including the families of his victims. Michael Buback, son of the assasinated attorney general, Siegfried Buback, has publically expressed his disapointment over the fact that the perpetrators are being set free, while his family continues to suffer.