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Tortured Guantánamo Detainee Is Freed in Belize

Majid Khan, a Pakistani citizen who attended high school in Maryland, finished his sentence last year.

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‘Very Dangerous People’: Russia’s Convict Fighters Are Heading Home

Tens of thousands of inmates have joined a mercenary group fighting with the Kremlin’s decimated forces in Ukraine. Some of…

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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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