Prison
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US
Alabama Suspends Executions After Lethal Injection Problems
Alabama’s governor issued a sweeping order on Monday suspending all executions in the state and calling for a review of…
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World
Ex-President Unlawfully Released From Jail, South African Court Rules
JOHANNESBURG — A South African court ruled on Monday that a decision to allow former President Jacob Zuma to serve…
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US
Alabama to Execute Man Whose Jury Voted 11-1 to Spare Him
All 12 jurors agreed to convict Kenneth Eugene Smith in the 1988 murder of a pastor’s wife in Alabama, but…
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World
Family of Egyptian Political Prisoner Says He Had Near-Death Experience
CAIRO — Alaa Abd El Fattah, Egypt’s best-known political prisoner, is thin, frail and psychologically unstable after spending months with…
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World
Navalny says he is now in permanent solitary confinement.
Aleksei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader jailed after surviving an assassination attempt said on Thursday that he has been transferred…
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World
Myanmar Frees Former British Ambassador and Others in Amnesty
Myanmar’s military junta said Thursday it was releasing and expelling four foreign prisoners as part of a broad amnesty that…
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World
Electrical Cords, Metal Pipes: In Kherson, Signs of Torture Emerge
KHERSON, Ukraine — To reach the dank, eerie basement were the Russian police detained Ukrainian civilians required navigating a crumbling…