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  • Could a Mexican judge order the prisoner's release?

    California wants to send US prisoners to Mexico jails 2010

  • As ProPublica detailed, the government censored Kennedy's decision and quickly appealed the case to a court that was already lowering the government's burden for proving a prisoner's detainability.

    Appeals Courts Makes It Easier For Government To Hold Gitmo Detainees The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • In between he gives an unforgettable picture of life in unspeakable conditions, where the prisoner's brutalised consciousness revolves around theft and the impossibility of personal hygiene, as something to focus on other than the crematorium chimneys in the next compound.

    Top travel tips nwhyte 2009

  • Going on nerve and Holy Spirit, she peels away the prisoner's layers of anguish, animal fear and depravity in an effort to--in more ways than one--save Poncelet; the process she unearths the live man made in God's image walking with something that looks like dignity to his death.

    Michele Somerville: Should Susan Sarandon Apologize For Calling The Pope A "Nazi?" Michele Somerville 2011

  • The presiding judge, George W. Bush-appointee Richard J. Leon, commented in his decision that the former Taliban prisoner's detention by the United States "defies common sense."

    Robert Koehler: Then They Came for Me Robert Koehler 2010

  • Even Frona and Del himself were forced to smile, and the only sober face was the prisoner's.

    CHAPTER 28 2010

  • From the prisoner's story, he had made a hard fight against the two mysterious men.

    CHAPTER 28 2010

  • Part of the cash prisoners earn would go to their victims, part to the prisoner's family to reduce their dependency on benefits, and they will keep part themselves.

    Ken Clarke to unveil plans for prisoners to work 40-hour week Alan Travis 2010

  • Gentlemen, you've all heard somewhat of the prisoner's experiences in Siberia.

    CHAPTER 28 2010

  • Tens of millions throughout the Arab world watched the spectacle on live television, including many Egyptians who saw their ruler of nearly 30 years clad in a prisoner's white robes and reclining on a gurney.

    Egypt's Mubarak Pleads 'Not Guilty' in Historic Trial 2011

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