Instead, it appears, the Protestant Low Countries simply needed their own university, and Leiden made sense because it was freed early on from Spain.

Bennett was freed early for good behavior on September 30, 2006.

He was jailed for other crimes, but thanks to the leniency with which the nobles were treated, he was freed early.

Addison was freed early, in September 2000, and met with his probation officer who was preparing paperwork to transfer his probation to New Hampshire.

The two men released last month had been given prison sentences of six and seven years, and each was freed roughly two years early.

Leigh was freed early from his sentence in 1998, as was Pook in May 2001.

Defense attorney Karim al-Shujairi said al-Zaidi would be released on September 14, 2009 after spending nine months in jail, he would be freed early for good behavior.

Santobello was later sentenced to one year in prison, but was freed early due to another court decision on plea bargains.

Biggs, who stole the equivalent of £40 million from a mail train 48 years ago, was freed early from prison in 2009 on compassionate grounds.

Sarah's victims later came together to try and ensure that she was sent to prison, instead of a mental hospital where she could be freed early.