Eugene de Kock, a death squad leader for the apartheid state, has been granted parole after two decades in jail, the South African government announced Friday.
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De Kock was arrested in 1994, when apartheid ended, and in 1996 was sentenced to two life terms and an additional 212 years in prison. During his time in prison, de Kock made contact with some of his victims’ families, asking for forgiveness. Masutha said de Kock had assisted authorities to trace activists who went missing during apartheid.
