Walter Luebcke's widow Irmgard Braun-Luebcke, left and her sons Jan-Hendrick Luebcke and Christoph Luebcke in the courtroom for the continuation of the trial in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, July 2, 2020.
A far-right extremist in Germany was convicted Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021 and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a regional politician who had advocated helping refugees a brazen killing that shocked the country.
Prosecutors, defendants and co-plaintiffs have lodged appeals against the verdict.
Stephan Ernst, a 47-year-old German with a long history of neo-Nazi views, was convicted last month of murdering Walter Luebcke, a regional politician and member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's party who had advocated helping refugees.
Federal prosecutors and the two defendants also appealed the verdicts, said Gundula Fehns-Boeer, a spokeswoman for the Frankfurt regional court.