Wah Mee Massacre Participant Granted Parole, Will Be Deported

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Mike Carter and Jennifer Sullivan, Wah Mee Massacre Participant Granted Parole, Will Be Deported. Seattle Times, Oct 26, 2013.
http://seattletimes.com/html/loc ... onyngparolexml.html

Quote:

"was convicted of 13 counts of first-degree robbery while armed with a deadly weapon and one count of second-degree assault with a deadly weapon [but not guilty of murders, by a jury].

"Tony Ng 'has consistently denied any participation in the shootings or deaths of the victims, and there was no evidence to suggest he did,' according to the board’s [Indeterminate Sentence Review Board of state of Washington] decision.

"Through 28 years in prison" out of 35 imposed by the judge--"[e]ach robbery charge brought a minimum sentence of five years, to be served consecutively"  Wikipedia--"while prosecutors recommended a term 54 years" (LA Times)

Note:
(a) Wah Mee massacre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wah_Mee_massacre
(b) Wah Mee Club  華美 俱樂部
(c) three perpetrators:
Wai-Chiu “Tony” Ng  伍 偉超
Kwai Fan “Willie” Mak  麥 群輝
Benjamin Ng (no relation)  伍 強建