in 2000, two sed officials, siegfried lorenz and hans-joachim böhme, were tried for the death of gueffroy and two other young men, but acquitted as the judge could find no evidence that they might have been able to lift the shoot-to-kill order. the case was retried on 7 august 2004, and the two men were found guilty and given suspended sentences of 15 months each. the judge explained that the short sentences were due to the length of time since the events. this was the last case concerning deaths on the inner german border.