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From news article:

The recent revelation that the gas-station-attendant-turned-Liberian-warlord Charles Taylor has converted to Judaism once again reminds us that he is in the International Criminal Court (ICC) prison in The Hague. With the publication of the Goldstone report accusing Israel of "war crimes" there is a chance that Israelis might one day share his fate. Yet at the same time, other European courts are releasing terrorists and elderly Nazis due to "ill health."

This begs the question: Why are UN prisoners of the ICC not given the same rights as Nazis and terrorists? Just what is this ICC, and why do Africans and East Europeans disappear into its halls of justice, while 'western' Europeans seem to be free from its jurisdiction? European justice systems are "humane" rather than "punishment" facilities. Once a prisoner is not a threat to society, he or she is eligible for release.

Another side to the European justice system is the definition of a "life sentence" as being around 15 years. Thus John Demjanjuk, accused of having a role in the murder of 27,000 people during the Holocaust, faces only 15 years in a German prison.