imprisonment
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He was later awarded nearly $1 million from the Victim Compensation Board of California for his wrongful imprisonment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Following her conviction, Patterson was sentenced to life imprisonment.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Hui, 67, was sentenced by a Shenzhen court to life imprisonment and ordered to forfeit all of his personal assets, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Research shows that imprisonment can lead to "accelerated ageing", and that conditions such as dementia may arrive "significantly earlier" than they would for people not in prison.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Before the week is out, he will be facing the possibility of life imprisonment.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
He reunited with his wife in the final months of his life, as he suffered from ill-health caused by his imprisonments.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2024
Many voters appeared fed up with the military’s rule, imprisonments, censorship, and manipulation of politics after the army’s coups in 2006 and 2014.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
“It’s disturbing, it’s terrifying, and it’s a major violation of protected speech,” Freedom House’s Nate Schenkkan said of the recent imprisonments of Western-based Saudis.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
Since the group established the database of imprisonments in 1992, it has become a global benchmark for measuring repression of journalists.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
Both of us were spared, in body at least, by the stone walls of our different imprisonments, and altered in spirit, in ways we’re struggling to understand.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
