Terre Haute
Americannoun
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At 24 Debs was elected Terre Haute city clerk, where the extent of his heterodoxy was waiving criminal fines against prostitutes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The small-town lawyer from Terre Haute, Indiana, launched a legal blitz on the issue of campaign finance, filing dozens of lawsuits in state and federal courts.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2025
Many of the forty people awaiting execution at the federal facility in Terre Haute, Indiana, are there because of arbitrariness, discrimination, or official misconduct in the death penalty system.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2024
Having served a large part of his sentence, he was released in August of 2024 from federal prison in Terre Haute, Idaho, and handed over to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2024
When he had entered college, his father had taken a new pastorship in Terre Haute.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
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