Legal Matters: The Criminal Case Of Cannibalism

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2.2.2 Legal matters
The legislature in the United States nor Europe introduces a law against cannibalism. However, the consumption of human flesh violates primary laws as murder or desecration of corpses (Legal Information Institute, n.d.). Considering the criminal case of the cannibal of Rotenburg as an example on how the justice sentenced his act of cannibalism. The then 40 year old was charged with murder in the act of cannibalism. In 2001, Armin Meiwes placed an advertisement in the internet, which requested a man who was willing to get eaten. Bernd Brandes, an engineer, replied to the cannibal’s ad. Shortly afterwards the men met, Bernd took in sleeping tablets and alcohol to endure the coming agonies. Meiwes killed his victim, then chopped

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