FOR THE RECORD - Sept. 10, 2009
Nikolaos Makarezos: The brief obituary of Nikolaos Makarezos in Section A on Aug. 8 erroneously reported that Makarezos, a senior figure in the 1967-74 Greek dictatorship, was sentenced to death for treason after the fall of the military regime and that the sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment. According to the 1975 court ruling, Makarezos was sentenced to death for mutiny, and to life imprisonment for treason. The death sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment.
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