Ex-Band Manager Gets 4 Years for R.I. Fire

This is just sad for everyone involved. I'm equally sad for the manager, too. I can't imagine the guilt he must feel.

By AP writer Eric Tucker:

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A former rock-band manager whose pyrotechnics caused a nightclub fire that killed 100 people was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison, drawing sobs and groans from victims' relatives who hoped to see the man serve more time behind bars.
Some were so angered by the sentence given to Daniel Biechele - who could have received 10 years - that they stormed out of the courtroom. One man yelled "Typical (expletive) Rhode Island."