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  • Judge orders end to Bout’s solitary confinement

    Convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout won a legal victory this week when a federal judge ordered prison officials to move him out of solitary confinement in the Manhattan jail where he awaits sentencing. U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin said Friday that Bout should be moved to the general population at the Metropolitan Detention Center. Bout’s lawyer had complained…