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Dietrich Bonhoeffer: 'Advent Opens Our Prison Door from the Outside'
While waiting in a Nazi prison cell in 1943 a few weeks before Advent, Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote a friend, "A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes, ...
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Former Inmate Starts to Miss His Prison Cell
Before walking out of jail a free man in February, Albert Woodfox spent 43 years almost without pause in an isolation cell, becoming the longest standing ...
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Death Row Inmate's Last Words of Love
Imagine you've been convicted of a terrible crime, and are given the chance to speak for a few minutes before your execution. Would you express anger? ...
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Karl Barth Retells Legend of the Saved Rider
Karl Barth preached regularly to the inmates of the prison in his hometown of Basel, Switzerland. Knowledge of that context adds poignancy to the sermons. ...
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Exotic Zoo Owner Trapped By His Tiger
In states where it's not illegal, it's relatively inexpensive to buy and keep a baby lion or tiger—generally comparable to the price of ...
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Charlie Sheen Releases Himself from Prison
The actor Charlie Sheen, known for his sleazy womanizing character on Two and a Half Men, is broke and H.I.V. positive. On the Today Show, he told Matt ...
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Harvard Debate Team Upset by Surprise Contenders
Months after winning a national title, Harvard's debate team faced their toughest opponent yet—a group of prison inmates from New York. An article ...
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Condemned Man Can't Accept His Freedom
Walter McMillian was convicted of killing 18-year-old Ronda Morrison at a dry cleaner in Monroeville, Alabama in 1986. Three witnesses testified against ...
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Ex-Prisoner Writes to Inmates Across the Globe
Every Sunday Clive Jacobsen from Sydney, Australia boards a train with a leather duffel bag, finds a comfortable seat, and settles in for a four-hour ...
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Smuggled Goods Change Minds and Hearts in North Korea
"If you're an average North Korean, it's nearly impossible to even leave the country—and if you are caught trying to escape, you'll ...
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