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Nasarenko said he was the beneficiary of a 2018 law that grants prison inmates who had served 25 years continuously and were over 60 years old an opportunity to seek elder parole.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The elder Kushner spent nearly two years in custody following a federal tax fraud conviction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
They pay for health clinics, schools, housing, public safety and elder care.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Now, at age 88, he is a revered elder, a guru to younger bandmates, and no less bold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Therem the younger son; Arek the elder, that brother whose voice he had heard in mine bespeaking him; both dead now.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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