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All five students had their ankle bracelets removed at the conclusion of their hearings Friday and have been released from house arrest, according to two attorneys representing the teenagers.
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Liz Crawford, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
Ruggia was found guilty in 2024 and given a two-year custodial sentence under house arrest with an electronic bracelet in 2025.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
Some managers were placed under house arrest; others were fined.
—Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
In November 1987, however, just one day before Mabrouk and his co-conspirators planned to launch their coup, then-Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali carried out his own successful plot, toppling the regime and placing Bourguiba under house arrest.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
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Liz Crawford, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
Ruggia was found guilty in 2024 and given a two-year custodial sentence under house arrest with an electronic bracelet in 2025.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
Some managers were placed under house arrest; others were fined.
—Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
In November 1987, however, just one day before Mabrouk and his co-conspirators planned to launch their coup, then-Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali carried out his own successful plot, toppling the regime and placing Bourguiba under house arrest.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
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“House arrest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/house%20arrest. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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