Relief expressed Sunday at the death of Pan Am 103 bomber Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi by relatives of some of his 270 victims was tempered by still-smoldering anger at his release from prison more than two years ago.

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Victims’ families: Relief, fury

The BBC hears accounts from prison inmates in Libya suggesting that supporters of former leader Col Gaddafi are being tortured in detention.

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After being freed from prison for adultery.

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A children’s charity expresses anger after a female paedophile was released from prison nine months after her conviction.

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BEIJING — A blind Chinese activist under house arrest was beaten into unconsciousness by local authorities and denied medical care, his wife said in a handwritten letter that was smuggled out of the couple’s tightly guarded home. Chen Guangcheng and his wife have been kept under an unofficial house arrest in their village in eastern China since he was released from prison last fall, and reporters trying to visit them have been kept away by men who patrol the village. “Soft detention” is a common intimidation tactic against Chinese activists, and some house arrests have lasted years. Read full article > >

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Blind Chinese activist under house arrest beaten unconscious by authorities, wife says

SAN FRANCISCO — A San Francisco man whose murder conviction was overturned has been ordered released from prison after more than 20 years behind bars.

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Judge orders release from prison of San Francisco man whose murder conviction was tossed

Mississippi has freed the Scott sisters, Jamie and Gladys, from prison after they served 16 years for robbing between $11 and $200 in 1993. Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour pardoned them both, with the odd stipulation that Gladys donate her Kidney to…

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Edda Mellas, Amanda Knox’s mother, tells ABC’s Good Morning America her daughter is looking forward to ”the truth coming out” and ”being released” from prison in Italy.

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Knox ‘looking forward to release’

After his release from prison in February, Raheem Watson reconnected with an adolescent employment program, where he gives advice to young enrollees.

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The Neediest Cases: After Years Caught Up in Violence, a Second Chance to Reflect on Fate

Lori Berenson, the American activist, was released from prison in Peru after having served more than a decade for rebel collaboration.

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Berenson Freed From Prison in Peru

Former NFL linebacker Junior Seau drove his car off a cliff-and survived-shortly after he was released from prison, where he was held for domestic abuse, on Monday morning. Seau’s girlfriend had accused him of domestic assault during a verbal argument….

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Former NFL Star Drives Off Cliff

Singer George Michael was released from prison Monday after serving nearly a month for driving under the influence of drugs, the British Ministry of Justice said.

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A convicted murderer who absconded from prison on Wednesday is captured, say Gwent police.

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The man convicted of abducting and murdering British aid worker Margaret Hassan in Iraq has escaped from prison, officials confirm.

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