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US judge ends solitary confinement for Viktor Bout
Source: BBC
25 February 2012 Last updated at 03:05 GMT
US judge ends solitary confinement for Viktor Bout
A New York judge has ordered prison officials to remove Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout from solitary confinement, where he has spent 15 months.
Judge Shira Scheindlin said Bout posed no threat to other inmates.
Bout, known as the Merchant of Death, was arrested in Thailand in March 2008 as a result of an undercover US government operation.
He was convicted in November of trying to sell weapons to the Colombian left-wing guerrilla group Farc.
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US judge ends solitary confinement for Viktor Bout
A New York judge has ordered prison officials to remove Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout from solitary confinement, where he has spent 15 months.
Judge Shira Scheindlin said Bout posed no threat to other inmates.
Bout, known as the Merchant of Death, was arrested in Thailand in March 2008 as a result of an undercover US government operation.
He was convicted in November of trying to sell weapons to the Colombian left-wing guerrilla group Farc.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17162088