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Romanian ex-prison chief who tortured inmates dies in jail
In this July 11, 2014 file photo, retired Lt. Col. Alexandru Visinescu, former commander of the Ramnicu Sarat communist prison from 1956 to 1963, poses holding a photograph showing him as a child and the couple, right, that adopted him after his mother Line, left, could no longer afford raising him, at his home in Bucharest, Romania. Romanian authorities say Alexandru Visinescu, a communist-era prison guard serving a 20-year sentence for crimes against humanity, has died in prison at 93 on Monday, Nov. 5. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
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