Spain hunts Eta killer freed from jail 'by mistake'

Viva_La_Revolution

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Wed Apr-20-11 10:39 AM
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Spain hunts Eta killer freed from jail 'by mistake'

Source: BBC

Spain has launched an urgent manhunt for a notorious Eta killer after a Spanish court said its decision to release him last week was a mistake.

Antonio Troitino was convicted of 22 murders in the 1980s as a member of the Basque separatists' Madrid cell.

He was sentenced to more than 2,700 years in prison, but was released last Wednesday, amid a storm of controversy, after 24 years in jail.

Very unusually, the Audencia Nacional court has now revoked its decision.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13145669?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

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BobbyBoring

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Wed Apr-20-11 10:59 AM
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1. OOPS!

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David__77

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Wed Apr-20-11 11:39 AM
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2. But it was the law, not a "mistake."

He was released according to law as correctly interpreted by the court.

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