We all obviously know the guy but I had never read up on what happened to him after his killing of the Archduke and setting off WW1.
The Austrian legal system had similar juvenile statutes as we do today, but 20 was the age of adulthood. He was therefore only sentenced to the maximum available prison term of 20 years under that legal code. He was going to walk free 39 years of age.
They stuck him in a solitary confinement cell in a military prison and chained to a wall most days.He did have visits from a psychiatrist (very Austrian of that era), and Princip spent most of his time trying to rationalize the resulting damage of WW1 and shirking any responsibility he had in the subsequent events.
He was obviously mistreated, because he died after 3 years wracked with Lung disease and weighing only 88 lbs. I can't think of many worse ways to go . . . .being slowly starved in disease ridden conditions with a pysch guy asking you how you felt about unleashing a war that killed tens of millions of people.
No big point here except that our current debate about juvenile sentencing is an age old issue, and there are things worse than a death sentence.
I don't know if I feel bad for the guy, but a terrible way to go
The Austrian legal system had similar juvenile statutes as we do today, but 20 was the age of adulthood. He was therefore only sentenced to the maximum available prison term of 20 years under that legal code. He was going to walk free 39 years of age.
They stuck him in a solitary confinement cell in a military prison and chained to a wall most days.He did have visits from a psychiatrist (very Austrian of that era), and Princip spent most of his time trying to rationalize the resulting damage of WW1 and shirking any responsibility he had in the subsequent events.
He was obviously mistreated, because he died after 3 years wracked with Lung disease and weighing only 88 lbs. I can't think of many worse ways to go . . . .being slowly starved in disease ridden conditions with a pysch guy asking you how you felt about unleashing a war that killed tens of millions of people.
No big point here except that our current debate about juvenile sentencing is an age old issue, and there are things worse than a death sentence.
I don't know if I feel bad for the guy, but a terrible way to go