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Israeli Authorities Charge 12 Guards in Beating Death of Palestinian Prisoner

The rare prosecution comes amid widespread reports from rights groups about mistreatment in Israeli detention centers, where, activists say, scores of Palestinians have died since October 2023.

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Ketziot detention center in Israel in 2007. Twelve Israeli prison guards were indicted on Tuesday in the beating death of a Palestinian man here in 2023.
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Kansas Judge Dismisses Murder Charge Against Sheriff’s Deputy

The judge said prosecutors had failed to meet their burden in the case against a deputy charged in the 2025 jailhouse death of an inmate.

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A photo of Charles Adair at a news conference held by his family after he died last year.
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These 5 People Spent Decades Behind Bars. Here Are Their Stories.

Francis Clifford Smith, who died at 101, was among the longest-incarcerated people in the U.S. Here are some others who lived much of their lives in prison.

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Heirens in 1946, the year he confessed to killing two women and a 6-year-old girl.
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Imran Khan Is Granted Brief Hospital Visit Before Returning to Prison

The former prime minister of Pakistan, who was convicted on corruption charges, has been fighting a legal battle over his medical treatment.

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Police personnel keeping watch outside Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Thursday. The Supreme Court ordered Imran Khan to be moved there.
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Deported From the U.S., Trapped in a Prison in Africa

Roberto Mosquera, a Cuban immigrant who has lived in the United States since 1980 and completed a prison sentence in 1996, was arrested by ICE last year and sent to a prison in Eswatini, a country in Africa he’d never heard of. After a hunger strike, Mosquera obtained a phone and talked with Nicholas Casey of The New York Times Magazine to share what is happening there.
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Ex-Marine Robert Gilman, Freed by Russia After 4 Years in Prison, Arrives in the U.S.

Russia released Robert Gilman on “a humanitarian basis,” President Trump said. Mr. Gilman’s family had said he was in dire physical condition.

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Robert Gilman in April. He had been sentenced by a Russian court to 10 years in prison.
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