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Three of the five men sentenced to 30 to 45 years imprisonment for the 1983 murder of teenager Danny Katz. (Motti Kimche) Last update - 09:02 21/02/2008 High Court hears plea against parole of Danny Katz's murderers By Tomer Zarchin, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: danny katz murder, parole  The High Court of Justice on Wednesday began considering an appeal by the family of a murdered teenager against the early release of five men convicted of the 1983 killing. The family of Danny Katz wants the court to overrule the decision by a special parole committee to commute the men's sentences and the approval of the decision by President Shimon Peres and Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann. Three of the men were each sentenced to 30 years in prison. The other two, who were also convicted of murdering soldier Dafna Carmon, were sentenced to 45 years each. The five were convicted again in a retrial a few years ago. Advertisement Peres signed off on the early release last August, after it had been recommended by the parole board and approved by Friedmann. The Katzes cite "grave fundamental flaws" in the parole board's work in their demand to revoke the decision. Their attorney, Yaakov Weinroth, said that while the convicts' attorney, Avigdor Feldman, appeared before the parole panel, the Katz family had not. The family found out about the procedure only after the decision was made. Weinroth said the committee erroneously believed that at the time of the murder it had been customary to commute murder sentences to 24 years, and had taken this into consideration. Peres made his decision on the basis of the board's flawed recommendation, therefore his decision should be revoked, Weinroth said. Prosecutor Aner Helman conceded that not calling the family to speak to the parole board was an error, but said that this oversight did not warrant revoking the sentence reduction. He also noted that the president was under no obligation to accept the board's recommendation. Related articles: Family petitions sentence reduction for Danny Katz's murderers Peres defends decision to reduce jail time for Danny Katz's murderers Peres reduces sentence of five men convicted in murder of teen Bookmark to del.icio.us   Land of milk and honey Israeli model Bar Refaeli poses for Sports Illustrated's swimsuit edition. Finding fault Shas MK blames gays for recent earthquakes in the region.   1.   essential info lacking 02:03  |  Leon Rosgarten 21/02/08   2.   HERE are some details of their crimes omitted from this story. 05:34  |  PETER SM 21/02/08   3.   COMRADE LEON.Rape and Sodomy are turly forms of resistance 05:55  |  PETER SM 21/02/08   4.   Leon Rosgarten 07:49  |  Connie 21/02/08   5.   Dani Katz to # 1 08:17  |  Gabe 21/02/08   6.   The Low Court 08:26  |  Ron 21/02/08   7.   THEY look well fed and healthy."Terrible" Israelis,"humanitarian 08:28  |  PETER SM 21/02/08   8.   #1 , I agree with you 11:54  |  nina 21/02/08   9.   terrorists ??? 19:15  |  phil 21/02/08

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