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LISBON, Portugal — A court has allowed captured American fugitive George Wright to leave jail and stay at his Portuguese home while he fights extradition to the U.S., his lawyer said Friday.
A judge hearing the case released Wright from custody on condition he remain at his house near Lisbon and wear an electronic tag that monitors his movements, lawyer Manuel Luis Ferreira said.
Wright spent seven years in a U.S. prison for a 1962 murder in New Jersey before escaping in 1970 and was on the run for 41 years until his arrest in Portugal three weeks ago.
