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KASSEL, Germany — A German who confessed to killing, dismembering and eating another man who allegedly agreed to the arrangement over the Internet (search) was convicted Friday of manslaughter and sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison. A state court ruled that Armin Meiwes (search), a 42-year-old computer expert, had no 'base motives' in the crime -- sparing him a murder conviction. Prosecutors had sought a life sentence, calling Meiwes a 'human butcher' who acted simply to 'satisfy a sexual impulse.' The defense argued that since the victim volunteered to be killed and eaten, the crime should be classified a mercy killing, which carries a five-year maximum penalty.
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