"Man who shot pope to be released
Will be paroled Thursday after 25 years in prison
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) -- The Turkish gunman who tried to assassinate Pope John Paul II in 1981, gaining notoriety for himself and shame for his homeland, prepared to taste freedom for the first time in a quarter-century with his release from prison Thursday."
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