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Recent Examples of inmateHe was later convicted in the 2001 stomping death of fellow inmate, Luther Plant, while he was incarcerated in a Texas prison.—Landon Mion, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025 Two days before Christmas, Biden commuted the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal inmates on death row — drawing praise from criminal justice groups, but outrage from Republicans and some victims' families.—Zachary Basu, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025 But legally, their consent is not required as the Supreme Court ruled in 1927 that the president can commute a death sentence without an inmate's consent.—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025 One defendant, charged with attacking police officers with a baseball bat, even promoted an A.I. video of inmates in orange jumpsuits parading triumphantly out of jailhouse doors.—Dan Barry, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for inmate
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