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| Mar.27 |
Louisiana |
Alton Sterling: No charges in 2016 fatal police shooting
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| Mar.3 |
Slovakia |
Slovakia journalist murder: Seven suspects released by police |
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| Feb.4 |
South Korea |
Samsung heir freed from S Korea jail |
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| Dec.25 |
Peru |
New clashes after Fujimori is pardoned
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| Nov.28 |
Saudi Arabia |
Prince Miteb bin Abdullah released |
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| Oct.1 |
Nevada |
OJ Simpson released on parole from Nevada jail |
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| Jul.20 |
Nevada |
OJ Simpson to be freed from Nevada prison |
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| Jul.8 |
Venezuela |
Venezuela opposition leader freed and under house arrest |
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| Jul.1 |
Israel |
Israel's ex-PM Ehud Olmert released from prison |
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| Jun.13 |
 North Korea |
Otto Warmbier: North Korea releases jailed US student 'in coma' US student Otto Warmbier has been freed from jail in North Korea, but his parents say he has been in a coma for a year
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| Jun.10 |
Libya |
Gaddafi's son Saif 'freed' in Libya
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| May.19 |
 Sweden |
Julian Assange rape charges dropped Even though Sweden planned to drop its investigation into a rape claim, his legal ordeal was 'not something that I can forgive'
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| May.17 |
Kansas |
Chelsea Manning, who gave U.S. secrets to WikiLeaks, leaves prison |
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| May.2 |
Washington |
'No charges' for police over black man's killing
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| Mar.2 |
Malaysia |
Kim Jong-nam death: Malaysia releases North Korean detainee |
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| Mar.1 |
Malaysia |
Kim Jong-nam death: North Korean detainee to be released |
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| Feb.10 |
Beijing |
Chinese man trapped in India goes home after 50 years |
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| Jan.17 |
 Washington |
Obama commutes Chelsea Manning sentence President Barack Obama has commuted Chelsea Manning's sentence for leaking documents to Wikileaks in 2010
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| Sep.10 |
Washington |
Reagan's would-be assassin, released after 35 years |
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| Aug.12 |
Wisconsin |
Making a Murderer subject Brendan Dassey's conviction overturned |
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| May.25 |
 Kiev |
Nadiya Savchenko: Russia frees Ukraine servicewoman 
Russia has freed jailed Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who became a symbol of resistance against Moscow.
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| Apr.17 |
Queensland |
Depp's wife avoids Australia dog-smuggling conviction |
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| Feb.25 |
Turkey |
Turkey journalists freed from prison after court ruling |
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| Feb.19 |
Louisiana |
Albert Woodfox freed after 43 years in US solitary prison |
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| Jan.25 |
China |
China releases Swedish rights activist Peter Dahlin |
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| Jan.16 |
 Iran |
Jason Rezaian and three other US prisoners freed in Iran Iran has released Washington Post reporter and three other Iranian-American prisoners as it anticipates the lifting of international sanctio...
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| Dec.23 |
Washington State |
US prisoners released early by software bug |
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| Dec.20 |
New Delhi |
Delhi juvenile gang rapist freed amid protests
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| Nov.19 |
North Carolina |
US set to free Israel spy Jonathan Pollard |
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| Nov.12 |
New York |
Vincent Asaro cleared over 'Goodfellas' heist |
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| Oct.30 |
USA |
Nearly 6,000 drug inmates to go free |
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| Oct.19 |
South Africa |
Pistorius released from prison under house arrest
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| Oct.12 |
Zimbabwe |
Cecil the lion: No charges for Walter Palmer |
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| Sep.8 |
Kentucky |
Kim Davis released from jail in dispute over gay marriage |
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| Jul.28 |
USA |
Israel spy Jonathan Pollard 'to be freed' by US
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| Jul.7 |
Guatemala |
Guatemala: Ex-ruler Rios Montt found unfit for trial |
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| Jun.8 |
Louisiana |
'Angola Three' inmate to be freed after 43 years |
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| Jun.5 |
Pakistan |
8 out of 10 Malala suspects 'secretly acquitted' |
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| May.23 |
Ohio |
Cleveland policeman Brelo cleared over shooting deaths |
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| May.21 |
South Korea |
South Korea 'nut rage' executive Heather Cho freed |
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| Apr.10 |
Rawalpindi |
Mumbai attack suspect released on bail in Pakistan
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| Apr.3 |
Alabama |
Alabama death row inmate freed after 30 years |
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| Mar.27 |
 Rome |
Italian court acquits Knox and Sollecito Italy's top appeals court has overturned the convictions of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for the murder of UK student Meredith Kercher
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| Feb.26 |
Argentina |
Argentine president case dismissed |
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| Feb.1 |
Egypt |
Reporter Peter Greste freed by Egypt
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| Dec.3 |
New York |
Federal probe into NY chokehold case 
Map of Tompkinsville Staten Island New York New York The Justice Dept is to launch a civil rights investigation into the death of a black man who died after being placed in a headlock by a white police officer
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| Nov.29 |
 Cairo |
Mubarak cleared over protest killings A court in Egypt has dropped charges against former President Hosni Mubarak over the killing of 239 protesters during the 2011 uprising against him
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| Nov.24 |
Missouri |
No indictment over Ferguson killing Map of Ferguson Missouri Missouri A grand jury has decided not to charge a Missouri policeman over the death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown
| State prosecutor Robert McCulloch said the jury exhaustively examined evidence. Brown's family said they were 'profoundly disappointed'
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| Nov.8 |
North Korea |
North Korea frees detained US men Miller and Bae 2 Americans who were being held in detention in N. Korea, Matthew Todd Miller and Kenneth Bae, have been released and are on their way home
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| Nov.7 |
New Zealand |
Murder-for-hire charge dropped against AC/DC drummer |
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| Nov.6 |
Hague |
No Israel charge over Gaza ship raid
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| Oct.21 |
North Korea |
American released from North Korea
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| May.21 |
Tehran |
Iran 'releases' Happy video dancers |
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| Apr.1 |
Washington |
US 'may free Israel spy Pollard' |
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| Feb.22 |
Eastern Ukraine |
Ukraine ex-PM Tymoshenko freed The Ukrainian opposition leader and former Prime Minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, has been freed from jail
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| Feb.12 |
Kabul |
Prisoners in US-Afghan row freed
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| Dec.30 |
Israel |
Israel frees Palestinian prisoners
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| Dec.24 |
Russia |
Russia drops first Greenpeace case |
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| Dec.23 |
Siberia |
Russia releases jailed Pussy Riot band members
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| Dec.20 |
Russia |
Khodorkovsky leaves Russian prison after Putin signs pardon Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky has arrived in Germany after Putin released him Friday following more than 10 years in prison
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| Aug.9 |
Mexico |
DEA agent's alleged killer ordered released in Mexico |
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| Jul.14 |
Washington |
Obama urges calm after Florida trial |
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USA |
Critics' dismay at Zimmerman verdict |
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| Jul.13 |
Florida |
George Zimmerman not guilty of Trayvon Martin murder Map of Sanford Florida George Zimmerman, the Florida neighbourhood watchman who shot dead an unarmed black 17-year-old male last year, has been found not guilty
| Lawyers for Zimmerman, 29, argued he acted in self-defence and with justifiable use of deadly force
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| Apr.5 |
Rome |
Italy pardons US colonel in CIA case |
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| Nov.16 |
Hague |
War court clears Croatia generals |
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| Sep.2 |
Johannesburg |
Murder charges against miners dropped
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| Jun.11 |
Australia |
Dingo to blame for Australian baby's death |
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| Jan.24 |
Southern California |
Haditha marine 'should serve no time' |
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| Dec.23 |
Cuba |
Cuba to release 2,900 prisoners |
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| Dec.1 |
Afghanistan |
Jailed Afghan rape victim freed |
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| Nov.24 |
Cairo |
3 American students freed in Egypt |
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| Oct.13 |
Paris |
Strauss-Kahn sex case is dropped
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| Oct.3 |
Italy |
Knox murder conviction overturned Map of Perugia Italy| An Italian jury cleared Amanda Knox of murder and other charges, nearly four years after she was arrested. An appeals court overturns the murder convictions of American Amanda Knox and Itali... | |
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| Aug.23 |
New York |
Strauss-Kahn sex case dismissed A New York judge has dismissed the sexual assault case against former IMF director Dominique Strauss-Kahn
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| Jul.31 |
Iran |
Iran man 'pardoned' from blinding |
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| Jul.1 |
New York |
Judge releases Strauss-Kahn A judge released Strauss-Kahn from house arrest, after prosecutors presented evidence questioning the credibility of the hotel maid
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| Nov.17 |
New York |
Terror suspect acquitted of most charges
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| Aug.26 |
North Korea |
US citizen freed in North Korea by Carter
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| Jul.12 |
Cuba |
Seven freed dissidents leave for Spain |
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| Jul.7 |
 Cuba |
Cuba to release 52 political prisoners The prisoners are set to be freed and will be allowed to leave the country, Cuba's Roman Catholic church announced in a written statement
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| Jun.1 |
Israel |
Gaza raid detainees freed |
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| Mar.8 |
Haiti |
Haiti frees missionary; leader still held |
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| Jan.10 |
United Arab Emirates |
Sheikh cleared in videoed torture case |
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| Jan.1 |
Baghdad |
Iraq 'regrets' US Blackwater move' |
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| Aug.15 |
Myanmar |
Myanmar hands American to U.S. officials |
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Myanmar |
Burma to free Suu Kyi US 'guest' |
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| Aug.4 |
North Korea |
N. Korean leader pardons U.S. journalists
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| Jun.12 |
Bermuda |
Uyghurs grateful after release from Gitmo |
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| May.11 |
Iran |
U.S. journalist freed in Iran
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| Apr.6 |
South Africa |
Prosecutors drop Zuma corruption charges |
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| Feb.26 |
 UN Tribunal |
Serb ex-president cleared of war crimes Milan Milutinovic was Thursday found not guilty of war crimes in Kosovo. 5 other former high-ranking officials were found guilty of similar ...
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| Feb.19 |
Moscow |
Politkovskaya suspects acquitted |
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| Oct.7 |
Guantanamo |
Chinese Muslims ordered freed from Gitmo A federal judge has ordered the immediate release into the U.S. of 17 Chinese Muslims who have been held for several years in the facility
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| Sep.12 |
South Africa |
Judge throws out Zuma charges
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| Jun.17 |
USA |
Senior officer cleared in Haditha deaths |
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| Mar.31 |
Chad |
Aid workers free after Chad pardon
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| Mar.24 |
Pakistan |
Judges freed by new PM
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| Mar.14 |
Pakistan |
Court quashes last Zardari graft charge |
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| Dec.28 |
Australia |
'Terror' convict freed |
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Chad |
French aid workers leave Chad |
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| Dec.20 |
Northern Ireland |
Man cleared of Omagh bombing |
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| Dec.17 |
Saudi Arabia |
Report: King pardons rape victim
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| Dec.7 |
Guantanamo |
UK Guantanamo four to be released |
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| Nov.9 |
Chad |
Chad frees Spaniards in 'kidnap' plot |
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| Jul.26 |
Australia |
Australia drops terror charge |
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| Jul.23 |
 Libya |
HIV medics released to Bulgaria | 6 Bulgarian medics who were serving life sentences have been freed and are now on a plane to Bulgaria. The 5 nurses and a Palestinian doctor were convicted of deliberately infecting Libyan child... | |
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| Jun.4 |
Guantanamo |
Charges dropped for two detainees
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| Apr.23 |
Japan |
Obara acquitted over Lucie death |
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| Feb.12 |
Germany |
Meinhof gang killer to be freed |
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| Sep.20 |
South Africa |
S. Africa drops Zuma graft charges
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| Jun.2 |
Iraq |
Troops cleared of wrongdoing |
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| May.8 |
 Johannesburg |
Zuma acquitted in rape case A judge acquitted former Deputy President on charges he raped an HIV-positive family friend
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| Jun.13 |
Southern California |
Michael Jackson cleared on all counts A jury deliberated about 32 hours and acquit pop star of the child molestation, conspiracy and alcohol charges
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| Apr.22 |
Washington |
U.S. Army clears top brass in Abu Ghraib |
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| Mar.16 |
Canada |
Two cleared of Air India bombing |
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| Jan.11 |
England |
5 Gitmo detainees to be freed |
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| Oct.15 |
Zimbabwe |
Tsvangirai innocent of treason |
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| Jun.15 |
Jerusalem |
Sharon won't face bribery charges
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| Apr.7 |
Hamburg |
Court frees 9/11 suspect
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