Example Sentences
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Convicts who sign up are sent to join the generally poorly trained Storm V penal military units.
From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025
Appeared in the October 11, 2025, print edition as 'President Orders Spared Convicts a Lifetime of Torment'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025
"Convicts should be rehabilitated by changing their mindset while in prison," he said.
From Reuters • Jul. 12, 2022
Convicts, abandoned lovers, the dog that pulled someone out of quicksand, a crow in a Dickens novel.
From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2018
Convicts had no meaningful legal rights at this time and no effective redress.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
