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American Otto Warmbier Has Been Released From A North Korean Prison

His family says that Warmbier, 22, has been in a coma since last spring. In March 2016, a North Korean court sentenced him to 15 years in prison and hard labor.
American student Otto Warmbier, seen here arriving for his trial in Pyongyang last March, has been freed, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says. / Xinhua News Agency / Getty Images

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North Korea has released American college student Otto Warmbier, who is on his way back to the U.S. and won't be forced to serve a 15-year prison term, according to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Warmbier is in a coma, his father

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