Posted AT 10:00 AM EDT on 09/12/03
The bomb maker's deal
Canadians who suspect that Inderjit Singh Reyat received the judicial deal of the century may soon have their suspicions confirmed. Sentenced to five years for manslaughter in the deaths of 329 people (on top of five years in pre-trial custody), the man who helped build the bomb that blew up an Air-India jet on June 23, 1985, will be eligible on Thursday for unescorted temporary absences from jail. That will be just 10 months after he was sentenced, or one-sixth into his term. He may apply for day parole in April, and full parole next October, one-third of the way through his term.
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