For those of you who are outraged that an Austrian Justice official came out earlier this week and suggested that Josef Fritzl should not be “harshly” punished for his crimes against Elisabeth and her 7 children, see this, and keep in mind that here in the USA, the Supreme Court is trying to decide if the death penalty should be applied to child rape cases:
Another strange court decision in context to child abuse is reported in todays Austrian newspaper “Kronen Zeitung”.
A 55-year-old man was sentenced to a prison term of 10 months for raping a 4-year-old girl several times. Even employees of the court house were shaking their heads after such a decision. As the man already spent 10 months in prison before, he was a free man after the trial.
Josef Fritzl may also hope to find such a genle judge. His barrister is one of the best in Austria. It seems money is not a big issue for Josef Fritzl.
The barrister of Fritzl already caused a stir when he told that his client should not be in prison. Yesterday he described Josef Fritzl as caring person and loving father, who worries about his family now. “If he would be a monster, his 19-year-old daughter would never arrive in hospital”, the barrister told yesterday on Austrian TV.
Another statement of the barrister on TV: “It’s not proven if my client has raped his daughter.”
Austrians are quite upset about such opinions. The barrister receives a lot of hate e-mails. “He should be also locked in a dungeon with Josef Fritzl”, was the reaction of the vast majority.
A former lodger of the “horror house” claims that Fritzl has once told him he is going to make history with his house.
