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Kathy Boudin, Radical Imprisoned in a Fatal Robbery, Dies at 78
Kathy Boudin, who as a member of the radical Weather Underground of the 1960s and ’70s took part in the…
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War Crimes Hearing Revisits U.S. Soldiers’ Abuse of Detainees
GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — Defense lawyers are delving into the early days of detainee abuse in wartime Afghanistan in pretrial…
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Former C.I.A.-Run Prison Emerges as a New Front in Guantánamo’s Legal Saga
Lt. Col. Chantell Higgins, a lawyer in the Marine Corps, represents two prisoners at Guantánamo Bay. “How is this an acceptable…
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Justice Dept. Inquiry Finds ‘Systemic Failures’ at Mississippi Prison
WASHINGTON — Officials at Mississippi’s largest prison routinely violated the rights of prisoners by failing to provide mental health treatment…
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South Carolina Prisoner Chooses to Be Executed by Firing Squad
A condemned South Carolina man who was directed to choose between being executed by electrocution or firing squad has chosen…
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Mob Hit Man Who Escaped as Sentence Neared Its End Is Recaptured
Looks like Dominic Taddeo’s big breakout was more like a spring break. Mr. Taddeo, the fearsome hit man from upstate…
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Plea Negotiations in Sept. 11 Case Go on Hiatus for Ramadan
GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — Prosecutors and defense lawyers returned to the United States on Saturday from a first round of…
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Supreme Court Rules for Condemned Inmate Who Sought Pastor’s Touch
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Texas may not for now execute a death row inmate unless…
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Yvan Colonna, Corsican Jailed for French Prefect’s Murder, Dies at 61
PARIS — Yvan Colonna, a Corsican activist who was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of…
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The 9/11 Trial: Why Are Plea Bargain Talks Underway?
GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — Pentagon prosecutors have struggled for more than a dozen years to hold the death-penalty trial of…
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