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parole
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She was sentenced to death by an American military tribunal, but her sentence was commuted to life imprisonment before she was released on parole in April 1957.
Guilty prisoners who admit to their crimes and are released on parole get a place to live and some help with living expenses.
The woman, who was on parole, offered to give police information about the Runnymede house.
He added mitigation was "limited in its nature" and the earliest date of parole had already been set at 2054, when he would be aged 78.
His sentence carried a minimum term of 16 years before he was eligible to apply for parole - but Mr Sullivan maintained his innocence, lessening his chances of release.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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