custody
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Police have not publicly identified the man taken into custody pending criminal charges.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Sentencing Shamo and Khdir to 19 years each, of which they must serve at least 40% in custody, Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke said it was "sophisticated offending".
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Bostic’s death was just the latest of a Black man in local police custody, Ali said, rattling off the names of Kevin Wicks, Donovan Jackson and others.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Nepal's ex-prime minister KP Sharma Oli and former interior minister Ramesh Lekhak have been released from custody after questioning for their alleged role in a deadly 2025 crackdown on protesters, police said Thursday.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
Abdel-Qawi, the school principal, had concluded the letter he read over the loudspeaker by reminding students to “show our student, currently in custody, compassion and tolerance.”
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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