Victims' relatives furious as club owners plead no contest

Saturday, September 30, 2006

WARWICK, R.I. -- Enraged that no one will see more than four years in prison for the 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100 people, victims' relatives vented their fury Friday at a judge as he accepted plea deals from the club's owners in the name of avoiding a graphic, heart-wrenching trial.

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