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Even a lighter sentence, like community service or home confinement, will be challenged by his lawyers, who could argue that logistical challenges and constitutional duties should shield any president from having to serve such a sentence.

From Salon

He’d survived riots, fights and years in solitary confinement.

In the early years, he said, he acted up, raking up disciplinary infractions that landed him in solitary confinement.

On the road back to my confinement, I listened to the radio and there, too, were Tester and Sheehy.

From Slate

They have also lobbied against legislation to limit the use of solitary confinement and grant inmates more visiting rights.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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