Prosecutors did not mention at trial that Armstead would win parole if he cooperated.

Earlier, she said, she won humanitarian parole for two other Ukrainian children in similar circumstances.

Touhy subsequently won parole for the kidnapping.

In the meantime, he also failed, 16 times, to win parole.

A decade and a half later, he wins parole, but a few weeks before his release, he commits another murder, this time of a fellow inmate.

Translation: "Learn to read above the sixth-grade level and you just might win early parole."

Prosecutors say that, should he win parole at any time, they would put him on trial for the remaining six murders they say he committed.

Throughout his career, it seems, Mr. Chen has won parole from prison at odd times.

His lawyers have argued that Israeli citizenship, which guarantees him the right to settle in Israel, would help him win parole.