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South Sudan: Vice President Riek Machar has been placed under house arrest, a move that threatens a fragile peace agreement.
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Natasha Frost, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Superior Court Judge Joseph Schwartz denied the state prosecutor’s request to place Kimberly Sullivan, 56, under house arrest, but has ordered Sullivan to wear an electronic GPS monitoring device while she is released on bail.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
Andrew Tate was placed back under house arrest last year in the second case, but that measure was lifted last month.
—Stephen McGrath, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
He was given six days of credit for time served in jail, and with good behavior his house arrest term will end in July.
Vargas was charged in 2019, in connection with a hit-and-run crash in August of that year.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
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Natasha Frost, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Superior Court Judge Joseph Schwartz denied the state prosecutor’s request to place Kimberly Sullivan, 56, under house arrest, but has ordered Sullivan to wear an electronic GPS monitoring device while she is released on bail.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
Andrew Tate was placed back under house arrest last year in the second case, but that measure was lifted last month.
—Stephen McGrath, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
He was given six days of credit for time served in jail, and with good behavior his house arrest term will end in July.
Vargas was charged in 2019, in connection with a hit-and-run crash in August of that year.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
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“House arrest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/house%20arrest. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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