Ex-Refco CEO Bennett wins compassionate release from prison, to be deported to U.K
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former chief executive of Refco Inc, one of the world's largest commodities brokerages before its 2005 bankruptcy, has been granted compassionate release from a U.S. prison, where he had been serving a 16-year term for his role in the collapse.Phillip Bennett, 71, will be placed into the custody of U.S. immigration officials on Thursday, after the British citizen demonstrated "extraordinary and compelling reasons" for early release, U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice..