Great White Fire: Club Owner To Be Released In October 2009
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The co-owner of a Rhode Island nightclub where a 2003 fire killed 100 people was granted an early release from prison by the state parole board Wednesday, but will not be freed until October 2009 after serving more than three years of his four-year sentence.Pyrotechnics used by Great White ignited the inferno. Owners of the nightclub have said they did not know the band planned to use fireworks, but Great White lead singer Jack Russell said, "Our tour manager set that up with the club."Michael Derderian, 46, went to prison in September 2006 for the fire at The Station nightclub in West Warwick that was sparked by pyrotechnics for the 1980s rock band Great White.
??Aerial view of the aftermath. The band's guitarist Ty Longley, who had been a member of the band for three years was among those who perished in the inferno??Derderian became eligible for parole this month after completing one-third of his sentence, but faced an uphill battle to get released after discipline problems in prison and pleas to keep him behind bars.Derderian appeared before the parole board Wednesday, a week after victims' relatives asked the board to force him to serve his entire sentence, saying he ran a dangerous business and failed to show enough remorse for his role in the disaster.Parole board Chairwoman Lisa Holley said in a written statement that the board decided to release Derderian next year and not to set another parole hearing because of the "enormity of the loss and trauma suffered by many." All but one member voted to grant parole."MORE HERE":CH[CH]http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080117/NEWS/801170420/1018/OPINION
??Aerial view of the aftermath. The band's guitarist Ty Longley, who had been a member of the band for three years was among those who perished in the inferno??Derderian became eligible for parole this month after completing one-third of his sentence, but faced an uphill battle to get released after discipline problems in prison and pleas to keep him behind bars.Derderian appeared before the parole board Wednesday, a week after victims' relatives asked the board to force him to serve his entire sentence, saying he ran a dangerous business and failed to show enough remorse for his role in the disaster.Parole board Chairwoman Lisa Holley said in a written statement that the board decided to release Derderian next year and not to set another parole hearing because of the "enormity of the loss and trauma suffered by many." All but one member voted to grant parole."MORE HERE":CH[CH]http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080117/NEWS/801170420/1018/OPINION
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