You are being lied to, example ∞

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The Independent describes convicted murderers as "political prisoners" and justifies it by saying that they killed for a political cause. By that standard, Charles Manson and Anders Breivik are political prisoners and must be released immediately...

Side note: The Independent cites Amnesty as an authority. Nobody paying attention takes them seriously since they fired Gita Saghal to get on the Taliban's good side.