Posted on 02/03/2015 5:21:58 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
South African apartheid-era death squad commander Eugene de Kock has been granted parole after 20 years in jail.
He was nicknamed "Prime Evil" for his role in the killing and maiming of activists fighting white minority rule in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Justice Minister Michael Masutha said De Kock would be released "in the interests of nation-building".
De Kock, 66, was sentenced in 1996 to two life terms in prison and a further 212 years for the crimes he committed.
Mr Masutha said the time and place of De Kock's release would not be made public.
The justice minister stressed that his decision was guided by South Africa's constitution.
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The Post Apartied South African Regime is soft on crime.
De Kock should rot in prison and serve his two life terms.
“De Kock confessed to more than 100 acts of murder, torture and fraud, taking full responsibility for the activities of his undercover unit.”
At best De Kock is a sadistic serial killer.
In Texas, he would have been executed, South Africa lets him walk free.
I cabn’t inmagine that he will be living a quiet, peaceful life.
He might be safer in prison.
The difference is, he was fighting Communists viz. the A.N.C., & al; not unlike fighting ISIS militants.
I am not a fan of either the old Apartheid regime or the ANC. But this person is a sadist and a murderer and he should spend the rest of his days in prison, at the very least.
Depends, did he act on the orders of the Apartheid regime? But then again, according to Nuremberg trials, it doesn't matter if the person was "just following orders".
We have unrepentant murderers in the US who do little or no time.
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