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Ten of the arrestees were Iranians, all arrested within days of the United States’ first bombing campaign against that country in June.
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Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 6 Apr. 2026
Rear doors on police cars typically only open from the outside to prevent arrestees from escaping.
—Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
While studying criminology at Western Kentucky University, Hall worked for the Kentucky court system, travelling to small-town jails to determine if arrestees should be granted pretrial release.
—James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
It had been edited, presumably using generative AI, to show the arrestee as weeping uncontrollably.
—Donald Moynihan, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
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Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 6 Apr. 2026
Rear doors on police cars typically only open from the outside to prevent arrestees from escaping.
—Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
While studying criminology at Western Kentucky University, Hall worked for the Kentucky court system, travelling to small-town jails to determine if arrestees should be granted pretrial release.
—James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
It had been edited, presumably using generative AI, to show the arrestee as weeping uncontrollably.
—Donald Moynihan, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Arrestee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arrestee. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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arrestee
noun
ar·res·tee
ə-ˌres-ˈtē 
: a person who is or was under arrest
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