3 imprisoned for 1983 coup are released
From Times Wire Reports
Three participants in a 1983 palace coup walked out of prison after nearly 25 years behind bars for an attack that led to the U.S. invasion of Grenada.
Ten other coup leaders in prison will serve less than two more years under the sentences issued by a judge who said all 13 had demonstrated remorse.
The defendants originally were sentenced to death in 1986 for the killings of former socialist leader Maurice Bishop, four Cabinet members and six supporters.
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