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September 18, 2007

Parole Board to decide on Biechele's release

CRANSTON -- The state Parole Board meets tomorrow to decide whether Daniel M. Biechele will be released 16 months into his four-year sentence for triggering the fireworks that started The Station nightclub fire and killed 100 people in 2003.

The hearing will be closed to the public. When the hearing ends, parole officials will notify relatives of the fire victims of the outcome. After that, at about 3:30 p.m., officials will hold a news conference to publicly announce the results.

This is the first time Biechele, 30, is up for parole since starting his prison term.

Biechele pleaded guilty last year to 100 counts of involuntary manslaughter. The brothers who owned the nightclub, Michael A. and Jeffrey A. Derderian, pleaded no contest to 100 counts each of involuntary manslaughter for fire code violations that helped the fire spread rapidly. Michael, 46, was sentenced to serve four years in prison. Jeffrey, 40, was sentenced to 500 hours community service.

-- Journal staff writer Paul Edward Parker

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