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FILE - In a Tuesday May 6, 2014 file photo, Bernie Tiede is escorted into the Panola County Courthouse, in Carthage, Texas. Three of the jurors who gave Tiede a life sentence for killing 81-year-old Marjorie Nugent say they're not happy he's being released early. The jurors spoke to the Longview News-Journal days after Tiede was let out of prison for the murder of Nugent. Tiede was released on bond on May 6, 2014 after the district attorney who prosecuted him agreed to let him out of a life sentence. The killing and the reaction of the town of Carthage were profiled in the 2011 movie &quot;Bernie,&quot; which drew new attention to the case. (AP Photo/The News-Journal, Michael Cavazos, File)

Texas jurors object to early release of ‘Bernie’

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Bernie Tiede smiles after a court hearing granting his release at the Panola County court house in Carthage, Texas, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. The former mortician whose killing of a rich widow shook an East Texas town and later inspired a movie will soon go free, after the district attorney who prosecuted him agreed Tuesday to let him out of a life sentence. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Former mortician set free in Texas slaying case

By NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press

FILE - This Aug. 18, 1997 file photo provided by the Panola County Sheriff's office shows a booking photo of Bernie Tiede. Attorneys for Tiede, serving a life sentence for the death of a rich East Texas widow in 1997, are seeking a lighter sentence. The grounds are contained in documents unsealed Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2013, at the Panola County Courthouse in Carthage, Texas. (AP Photo/Panola County Sheriff Office, File)

Tiede seeks lighter penalty for rich widow’s death

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