Original Story Fri Dec 6, 2002 at 11:14 AM ET


Garth Hattan of Calif., left, and his Australian fiance Susan Aldous, a prison activist, arrive at Thailand's immigration detention center in Bangkok Friday, Dec. 6, 2002, as Hattan was moved from a maximum security prison. Hattan was given a 40-year sentence in 1994 for trafficking heroin but is one of eight U.S. prisoners going home Sunday under a treaty that lets the United States bring it's imprisoned citizens home after they serve a portion of their sentences in Thailand. The pair got engaged after Aldous began visiting Hattan.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)


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