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Nancy Guthrie's kidnapping is latest abduction case to capture America's attention

The kidnapping of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie's 84-year-old mother has captivated the American public much like other famous abductions

The Independent UK

Ragdoll review – Patty Hearst inspires an audacious account of power and privilege

Katherine Moar’s bold and taut drama about the kidnapping of a fictional heiress explores the toxic inheritance of the 1970s

The Guardian - UK

Ragdoll at Jermyn Street Theatre review: short, snappy and hugely enjoyable

4/5 Katherine Moar’s second play touches lightly on questions rather than furnishing decisive answers, but is buzzing with interesting ideas

Evening Standard

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10 Famous People Who Have Received Presidential Pardons

The presidential pardon is one of the most potent and controversial powers granted to the President of the United States. Rooted in Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution, this authority allows the president to grant clemency for federal offenses, effectively erasing convictions or commuting sentences. Over the years, this…

Plunged in Debt

Pulp Pleasure and Political Propaganda

Revolution in 35mm is a collection of essays exploring an era of political violence in cinema.

Reason

Celebrated AP Reporter Linda Deutsch Dies At 80

Renowned AP special correspondent Linda Deutsch, known for covering high-profile trials, passes away at 80. Her legacy in trial reporting will inspire gene...

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Linda Deutsch, AP trial writer who had front row to courtroom history, dies at 80

Linda Deutsch, a special correspondent for The Associated Press who for nearly 50 years wrote glittering first drafts of history for many of the nation’s most significant criminal and civil trials died Sunday

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Patty Hearst: Victim, survivor or rebel?

Journalist and author Roger D. Rapoport breaks down all sides of Hearst's story in "Searching for Patty Hearst"

Salon

What is Stockholm syndrome? It all started with a bank robbery 50 years ago

This week marks 50 years since a failed bank robbery that gave rise to Stockholm syndrome, a term used to describe the bond that victims of kidnappings or hostage situations sometimes develop with their captors

The Independent UK

Victim or villain: how guilty are the female accomplices of predatory men?

The sentencing of Isabella Pollok, ex-ally of a cult leader, resurfaces thorny questions about the likes of Bonnie Parker and Patty Hearst

The Guardian - US

The real scandal of the Shamima Begum citizenship case

Letters: Former supreme court justice Jonathan Sumption on last week’s ruling on the home secretary’s decision to deprive Begum of her citizenship. Plus letters from Ilina Todorovska, Owen Stewart, Andrew Snowdon and Carmel Bedford

The Guardian - UK

Best podcasts of the week: Inside the rapid rise and fall of a ‘Squid Game’ crypto scam

In this week’s newsletter: Investors threw millions at a coin themed on the Netflix hit – that never appeared. Find out how in The Squid Scam. Plus: five of the best podcasts about celebrity scandals

The Guardian - UK

Review: 'Not the Camilla We Knew,' by Rachael Hanel

NONFICTION: A combination memoir and biography of Camilla Hall, the Minnesota minister's daughter who died in a police shootout.

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