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Newsom’s decision to commute the sentences won’t have much practical effect in a state that has not executed a prisoner since 2006.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

Khyliuk was returned to Ukraine in August 2025 in a prisoner exchange.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The two countries have been at loggerheads since Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky disclosed the prisoner transfer last month, angering Seoul, which said the operation should have remained confidential to protect their families in North Korea.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Last month, condemned prisoner Christa Pike survived a botched execution attempt by lethal injection in Tennessee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

“It only responds to a few,” her prisoner called out.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Despite warnings that an escape attempt would turn the Romanian guards against the prisoners, Bob O’Reilly, Poulson’s Missouri-born pilot, schemes with a number of POWs to tunnel out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

In statements recorded during the trial, the couple described themselves as "prisoners of conscience" who had faced state persecution.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

“I felt a huge burden on my shoulders when I left prison that made me feel I owed something to my fellow prisoners who were left behind,” Panahi told The Envelope earlier this year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

While the law applied statewide, it disproportionately impacted Shelby County, where half of the state’s 40 death row prisoners were prosecuted.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

As part of what the press dubbed the “Bodies for Butter” program, East German dictator Walter Ulbricht accepted bribes of food from Western governments in exchange for the release of political prisoners.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin