The higher district court in The Hague has rejected a petition from convicted Nazi collaborator Jacob Luitjens that he be released from prison pending a decision on his request for a pardon.
The court said Luitjens, who was extradited to Holland from Canada in November, has challenged his life sentence for collaboration meted out in 1948, because he said it should be considered obsolete after 45 years.
The court ruled that until a decision on this is made, his request for a pardon cannot be considered and therefore Luitjens must remain in the Groningen prison, where he is being held.
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