wrongfully

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A US judge has dismissed the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported to a megaprison in El Salvador last year.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

The counterterrorism director’s responsibilities include coordinating policy for external threats as well as leading efforts to free wrongfully detained Americans around the globe.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026

Peter Sullivan spent 38 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of killing florist Diane Sindall, 21, in Wirral, Merseyside, in 1986.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Super Micro Computer shares plummeted just shy of 20% premarket, after a Justice Department indictment accused two employees and a contractor of wrongfully selling billions of dollars’ worth of artificial-intelligence-powered servers to China.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

“Her father was wrongfully conscripted. We’d like him to be brought back.”

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack