Other defendants also had their prison sentences somewhat reduced. However. this socalled leniency almost means nothing since life in a Soviet prison is in many ways like death. A case in point is that Silva Zalmonson. a young Jew who was the only woman among the group tried in December. nearly died in prison. She was initially sentenced to 10 years strict regimen but her health had so deteriorated that she was mercifully released last August and allowed to emigrate to Israel. So far as is known. Silva is the only prisoner of conscience to be released before a sentence was completed.
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