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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 are welcome to apply unless they have been charged with terrorism, rape or drug smuggling.

From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2022

"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