Judge Albert Fettweis, centre, presides over a hearing for Michelle Martin at the Court of Cassation at the Justice Palace in Brussels on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. The highest court is considering whether to grant conditional early release to one of the nation's most despised criminals even though the accomplice and former wife of a pedophile and child killer let two of his victims starve to death. The Court of Cassation said Tuesday it can only rule on procedural issues in the decision by a lower court to allow Michelle Martin to go live in a convent after serving barely half of her 30-year sentence for her part in the mid-1990s kidnappings, rapes and killings of Marc Dutroux. (AP Photo)
Judge Albert Fettweis, centre, presides over a hearing for Michelle Martin at the Court of Cassation at the Justice Palace in Brussels on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. The highest court is considering whether to grant conditional early release to one of the nation's most despised criminals even though the accomplice and former wife of a pedophile and child killer let two of his victims starve to death. The Court of Cassation said Tuesday it can only rule on procedural issues in the decision by a lower court to allow Michelle Martin to go live in a convent after serving barely half of her 30-year sentence for her part in the mid-1990s kidnappings, rapes and killings of Marc Dutroux. (AP Photo)
Judge Albert Fettweis, centre, presides over a hearing for Michelle Martin at the Court of Cassation at the Justice Palace in Brussels on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. The highest court is considering whether to grant conditional early release to one of the nation's most despised criminals even though the accomplice and former wife of a pedophile and child killer let two of his victims starve to death. The Court of Cassation said Tuesday it can only rule on procedural issues in the decision by a lower court to allow Michelle Martin to go live in a convent after serving barely half of her 30-year sentence for her part in the mid-1990s kidnappings, rapes and killings of Marc Dutroux. (AP Photo)
A sign with faded photos of Dutroux victims placed in front of the Poor Clares Monastery in Malonne, Belgium on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. Michelle Martin, who is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, was convicted to 30 years in prison for helping her husband kidnap, rape and kill several young girls in the 1990's. She has served 16 years of her term but could be released within days. Note on sign reads 'Shame on the Sisters' referring to the sisters at the monastery. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Teddy bears and a sign with faded photos of Dutroux victims placed in front of a statue at the Poor Clares Monastery in Malonne, Belgium on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. Michelle Martin, who is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, was convicted to 30 years in prison for helping her husband kidnap, rape and kill several young girls in the 1990's. She has served 16 years of her term but could be released within days. Note on sign reads 'Shame on the Sisters' referring to the sisters at the monastery. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Journalists wait outside of the Poor Clares Convent in Malonne, Belgium on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. Michelle Martin, who is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, was convicted to 30 years in prison for helping her husband kidnap, rape and kill several young girls in the 1990's. She has served 16 years of her term but could be released within days, and plans to live with the nuns here . (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
BRUSSELS (AP) ? Belgium's highest court on Tuesday granted conditional early release to one of the nation's most despised criminals, the accomplice and former wife of a pedophile and child killer, even though she let two of his victims starve to death.
The Court of Cassation ruled that no procedural errors were made by a lower court to allow Michelle Martin to live in a convent after serving barely half of her 30-year sentence for her part in the mid-1990s kidnappings, rapes and killings by her then-husband, Marc Dutroux.
"The court rejects the appeals," a statement said after the panel assessed ones filed by the prosecutor's offices and some of the families of the victims.
It was unclear when Martin would be traveling to southern Malonne, where she will live in a Clarisse convent and, in the words of her lawyer, seek atonement for her crimes.
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