John Paul II's assailant to be freed from prison

[Mom_of_one]

ANKARA, Turkey - A court has approved the release from prison the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, saying he completed his sentence for crimes he committed in Turkey, the semiofficial Anatolia news agency reported Sunday.
Mehmet Ali Agca was extradited to Turkey in 2000 after serving almost 20 years in Italy for shooting and wounding the pope in St. Peter’s Square in Rome. His motive for the attack remains unclear.

Agca, 47, was expected to be released as early as Monday. Anatolia said he was expected to be immediately enlisted by the military for obligatory service because he had dodged the draft, Anatolia said. Turkish paramilitary police were expected to take Agca first to a local military station and then to a military hospital in Istanbul for medical check, a routine procedure.

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[MarySon]

If I recall, John Paul II asked the Turkish government to release his would be killer during the Year of Jubilee. But he left the decision to the descretion of the Turkish government and its judicial system

 

[Julia_E]

Now the news is saying he may be re-arrested, and charged with evading compulsory military service in 1979 – two years before his attempt on John Paul’s life.

I wonder why they didn’t charge him with this before, and (if he was guilty) tack the sentence on to his time for the other crimes.

Maybe, for some reason, they didn’t know about it until now?