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Supreme Court Justices Appear Narrowly Divided Over Death Row Prisoner Plea for DNA Testing
The justices heard arguments in the case of a man on death row in Texas who claims DNA testing could spare his life.
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2 Americans Held in Afghanistan Are Freed in Prisoner Swap
In exchange, the Biden administration released an Afghan man convicted on narcotics charges in 2008.
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U.S. Releases Kenyan Prisoner Held for Nearly 18 Years Without Charges
The detainee was approved for transfer from Guantánamo Bay three years ago as the Biden administration tried to empty the wartime prison.
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3 Americans Are Said to Be Freed From China in Prisoner Swap
The Americans were freed in exchange for a Chinese intelligence officer who was serving a 20-year sentence in the United States, officials said.
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How Two Allies Wrestled Over a Crypto Giant and a Prisoner
The United States and Nigeria often collaborate. But the arrest of an American worker strained their diplomatic relations.
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Reoffending prisoner was let out by mistake, BBC told
Corbis/Getty ImagesA man who is accused of committing a sexual offence within hours of being let out of prison under the government's early release sc [...]
Supreme Court Paves Way for Execution of Prisoner With Parkinson’s
The 57-year-old Florida man, convicted in the 1994 killing of a college student, argued that lethal injection would cause him “needless pain and suffe [...]
Prisoner Deals Stoke Fears of Perverse ‘Incentive’ to Grab Americans
Hostile governments like Russia and Iran are often involved, and practical alternatives are hard to come by, experts say.
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First Photo Released of C.I.A. Prisoner at Black Site
Lawyers for a prisoner at Guantánamo Bay said the image emerged from a classification review that blacked out much of a legal brief.
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With Russia Prisoner Swap, Biden Scores a Win Near the End of His Term
The prisoner exchange offered a measure of validation for President Biden soon after he abandoned his bid for re-election.
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U.S. and Qatar Block Iran’s Access to $6 Billion From Prisoner Deal
The money had
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U.S. and Qatar Block Iran’s Access to $6 Billion From Prisoner Deal
U.S. and Qatar Block Iran’s Access to $6 Billion From Prisoner Deal
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Lawyers Expand Legal Fight for Longest-Held Prisoner of War on Terrorism
Abu Zubaydah was the first prisoner waterboarded by the C.I.A. He has never faced charges at Guantánamo Bay.
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Iranian Official Says Prisoner Exchange With U.S. Is Expected Today
A prisoner swap between the United States and Iran was expected to take place on Monday, according to a spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, af [...]
Chris Mason: Questions over how prisoner managed to escape
The BBC's political editor reflects on suspected terrorist Daniel Abed Khalife's "gobsmacking" escape.
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