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These 5 People Spent Decades Behind Bars. Here Are Their Stories.

22 août 2026 à 09:33
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.

Frank Smith, Who Served 70 Years for Murder, Dies at 101

22 août 2026 à 09:32
One of the longest-serving prisoners in American history, he was sent to death row in 1950 before his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.

Imran Khan Is Granted Brief Hospital Visit Before Returning to Prison

21 août 2026 à 01:01
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.

California Ignored Sexual Abuse of Women in Prison, Justice Dept. Says

13 août 2026 à 21:21
A Justice Department report released on Thursday found that inmates at two state-run women’s prisons routinely had their rights violated. State officials say they have already put reforms in place.

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The Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla, Calif., was one of two prisons named in a Justice Department report released on Thursday that found state authorities had deliberately ignored reports of inmate abuse.

Three States Execute Inmates in One Day

13 août 2026 à 19:52
Each of the three men executed on Thursday had been convicted of murder. It is the first time in more than a decade that three people have been executed on the same day.

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Alabama is one of three states that carried out executions by lethal injection on Thursday.
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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.
     

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.

Ex-Marine Robert Gilman, Freed by Russia After 4 Years in Prison, Arrives in the U.S.

12 août 2026 à 03:18
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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