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The Stanford Prison Experiment

Picture shows a floor of the female wing of the jail in Aichach, about 50 kilometres west of Munich, February 7, 2007.Former German leading Red Army Faction (RAF) member Brigitte Mohnhaupt is one of about 670 prisoners including men, women and juveniles, who serve their sentence at the Bavarian jail. In January, federal prosecutors filed a request for the release of Mohnhaupt, who was sentenced to life in prison in 1985 for her role in the murders of leading German establishment figures, including industrialist Hanns Martin Schleyer. REUTERS/Alexandra Beier (GERMANY) – BM2DUOENSMAA
Picture shows a floor of the female wing of the jail in Aichach, about 50 kilometres west of Munich, February 7, 2007.Former German leading Red Army Faction (RAF) member Brigitte Mohnhaupt is one of about 670 prisoners including men, women and juveniles, who serve their sentence at the Bavarian jail. In January, federal prosecutors filed a request for the release of Mohnhaupt, who was sentenced to life in prison in 1985 for her role in the murders of leading German establishment figures, including industrialist Hanns Martin Schleyer. REUTERS/Alexandra Beier (GERMANY) – BM2DUOENSMAA
Image: Reuters/Alexandra Beier
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