German Cannibal Gets Prison Sentence Jan 30, 12:03 PM (ET) By FRANK LETH (AP) Defendant Armin Meiwes, right, stands next to his lawyer Harald Ermel, left, in the district court... Full Image KASSEL, Germany (AP) - A German was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison Friday for killing, dismembering and eating another man who allegedly agreed to the arrangement over the Internet. Armin Meiwes, a 42-year-old computer expert, had no "base motives" in the crime, a state court ruled, sparing him a murder conviction. Explaining the verdict, the presiding judge said Meiwes' intention was not...