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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Rudolf Mayer

Rudolf Mayer stories: 2 news summaries

Fritzl Blames Nazis, Says He Was Trying to Save Daughter

Didn't plan incest; gave in to taste for 'forbidden'

May 8, 08 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - In jail-cell notes released by his lawyer, Josef Fritzl goes to bizarre lengths to defend the rape and imprisonment of his daughter, citing his Nazi upbringing for instilling “a high regard for decency and uprightness,” and a need to save the 18-year-old Elisabeth from drinking and dissipation. “... More »

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media • rape • Austria • insanity • incest • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl • Amstetten, Austria • Rudolf Mayer

Fritzl's Lawyer Sees 'Good But Also Bad' in His Eyes

'My job is to show him as a human being,' attorney says

May 3, 08 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Josef Fritzl's attorney is bonding with his client and painting a new picture of him for the press, Der Spiegel reports. “Josef Fritzl is being portrayed as a horrific monster and sexual tyrant," said Rudolf Mayer, a renowned Viennese lawyer. "My job is to show him as... More »

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Austria • lawyer • legal defense • incest • Josef Fritzl • Amstetten, Austria • Rudolf Mayer

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