Prison
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World
Narges Mohammadi, Iranian Rights Activist, Receives Nobel Peace Prize
Ms. Mohammadi, currently held in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, has pushed for peaceful change in Iran for 30 years, with a focus on women’s equality.
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US
On First Day of New Term, Supreme Court Hears Debate Over First Step Act
The justices heard arguments about how to interpret part of the law aimed at reducing prison sentences for people convicted of certain nonviolent drug crimes.
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World
El-Sisi Pardons Arab Spring Activist After Nearly a Decade in Prison
Ahmed Douma was one of the best-known faces of Egypt’s 2011 uprising. Rights groups say thousands of political prisoners remain detained under President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
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Sports
Darryl Strawberry Is Not Trying to Save You
But if you want to hear what he has learned about lost promise and the prison of yearning, ask him. He’ll talk to anybody.
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World
How the Narcotrafficking Industry Seized Power in Ecuador
When Europe’s busiest port recently announced the discovery of nearly nine tons of cocaine hidden in a shipment of bananas — its biggest-ever seizure of illegal narcotics — it included a detail that was no longer surprising. The shipment had come not ...
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Newyork
James B. Zagel, U.S. Judge Who Jailed Illinois Governor, Dies at 82
He sentenced Rod Blagojevich to 14 years to send a message about corruption in high places. As a prosecutor he helped put the mass murderer Richard Speck in prison.
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News
Ex-Prisoners Face Headwinds as Job Seekers, Even as Openings Abound
An estimated 60 percent of those leaving prison are unemployed a year later. But after a push for “second-chance hiring,” some programs show promise.
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World
Mystery of Ex-Dictator’s Whereabouts Adds to Crisis in Sudan
After speculation that Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who had been serving a prison sentence, had been freed, the army said that he was being held in a military hospital but provided no evidence.
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World
The Russian foreign minister hints of a possible prisoner swap for Gershkovich.
Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, hinted on Tuesday at the possibility of a prisoner swap involving two Americans detained in Russia, Paul Whelan and the Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. Speaking at a wide-ranging news ...
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News
Espionage Charge Adds Hurdle to Freeing a Reporter Detained in Russia
The Biden administration recently secured the release of two Americans convicted of criminal charges in Russia, but even fabricated charges of spying can raise the stakes.