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Covid Cases Spread to 9/11 Defendants at Guantánamo Bay
The military has declined to comment on the magnitude of the outbreak at the wartime prison.
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Biden Leery of Involvement in Potential Plea Deal in Sept. 11 Case
A proposal to end a decade-long attempt to seek the death penalty before a military tribunal carries political risks, but…
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Iranian-American Prisoner in Tehran Starts Hunger Strike
Siamak Namazi, an Iranian-American businessman, appealed to President Biden to negotiate with the government in Tehran for his freedom.
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Russia issues the first pardons to prisoners who fought in Ukraine, state media reports.
The head of Russia’s paramilitary Wagner Group said that a first group of prisoners whom it recruited to fight in…
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Putin Has a New Year’s Message. So Do His Critics, From Jail.
Seasonal greetings from imprisoned opponents offered counterprogramming of a sort to the traditional end-of-year speech from President Vladimir V. Putin…
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Nepalese Court Orders Release of French Killer From Prison
The action trims the life sentence Charles Sobhraj, known as ‘the Serpent,’ who targeted Western tourists in Asia in the…
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Hochul Grants Clemency to 13, Including a Domestic Violence Victim
The governor also commuted the sentences of two men convicted of murder, and pardoned several immigrants who were facing deportation.
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Frank Salemme, One-Time Head of the New England Mafia, Dies at 89
Known as Cadillac Frank, he took over the region’s top organized-crime outfit in the 1990s, then cooperated with prosecutors against…
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Death Penalty Researchers Call 2022 ‘Year of the Botched Execution’
Even as the total number of executions remained among the lowest in a generation, several high-profile failures forced states including…
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Boris Becker Returns to Germany After Release From British Prison
The tennis champion left for his home country after serving time in Britain for hiding his assets in a bankruptcy…
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