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It's a technicality regarding German law. You're always eligible to parole and the maximum life setence is 15 years. For cases such as this there's confinement which technically the same as a prison but has a different status and the procedures to come to this verdict are different.
This excludes insane criminals going to a psych ward which is a different thing. Basically the verdict says this person is so dangerous and was in full control of his actions and should never be released.
The only other case which wasn't a violent criminal I can think of was a con man some years ago which even schemed through his lawyer when he was behind bars.