Ex-Stasi Officer Jailed 50 Years After Berlin Border Killing

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German Court Sentences Ex-Stasi Officer To 10 Years For Murder

A former East German secret police officer was sentenced to 10 years in jail Monday for shooting dead a Polish man trying to flee to the West 50 years ago.

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