Original sentence: Clarke Pearce was later taken to hospital and died on the operating table at 4.23 am.Consequently, Satpal Ram was arrested for murder and convicted in 1987.His initial release as recommended by the parole board in 2000, was overturned by the Home Secretary at the time, Jack Straw, because Ram refused to admit his guilt.Later debate and controversy arose among the British media when it was alleged that his barrister did not meet with him and only saw him for about 40 min before the trial.Satpal Ram is a British man of Asian descent who was charged and convicted of killing another man named Clarke Pearce in Birmingham, England during a racially charged fight in 1986.The argument, which was over Asian music being played on the restaurant's radio system became a physical fight
Edited sentence: Clarke Pearce was later taken to hospital and died on the operating table at 4.23am.Consequently, Satpal Ram was arrested for murder and  convicted in 1987.His initial release as  recommended by the parole board in 2000, was overturned by the Home Secretary at the time, Jack Straw, because Ram refused to admit his guilt.Later debate and controversy arose among the British media when it was alleged that his barrister did not meet with him and only saw him for about 40 minutes before the trial.Satpal Ram is Guilty - A website presenting opposing viewpoints on Satpal Ram's release.Satpal Ram is a British man of asian descent who was charged and convicted of killing another man named Clarke Pearce in Birmingham, England during a racially charged fight in 1986.The argument, which was over asian music being played on the restaurant's radio system became a physical fight