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Widow OKs no death penalty for Mumia Abu-Jamal

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Maureen Faulkner waited nearly 30 years for her husband's murderer to be executed. But following a seemingly endless cycle of legal appeals, she said she realized it would never happen...
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Have we turned a corner on the death penalty?

David A. Love
OPINION - Mumia Abu-Jamal and Troy Davis faced different outcomes, but both cases speak to the issues of doubt and possible innocence...
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DA: Mumia Abu-Jamal death penalty dropped

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The district attorney announced Wednesday that prosecutors will no longer pursue the death penalty against former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal...
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Philly DA plans Mumia Abu-Jamal news conference

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams has scheduled a news conference to discuss the future of the death penalty case against Mumia Abu-Jamal...
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State court tosses gang leader's death sentence

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The California Supreme Court on Monday took the rare step of tossing out the murder convictions and death sentences of a Los Angeles gang leader who authorities believe was the 'shot caller' responsible for dozens of murders...
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NAACP: Troy Davis' sister has died of cancer

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Martina Davis-Correia, the sister of late cause celebre death row inmate Troy Davis, has died, NAACP senior communications associate Derek Turner confirmed...
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Racial Justice Act under siege in North Carolina

Chika Oduah
theGRIO REPORT - Civil rights groups including the NAACP and People of Faith Against the Death Penalty (PFADP) are fighting against the repeal of the Racial Justice Act of 2009...
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1 Texas county condemns 12 black men to death

Chika Oduah
theGRIO REPORT - Twelve of the last 13 new death sentences obtained by the Texas Harris County District Attorney's Office have been against African-Americans...
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Did Troy Davis change death penalty opinion?

Amelia McGriff
theGRIO REPORT - A face to the wronged and falsely accused is how activists describe the fuel for the firestorm of awareness that ensued before Davis execution...
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Gallup: US support for death penalty falls to 39-year low

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Sixty-one percent of Americans approve of using the death penalty for persons convicted of murder, down from 64 percent last year...
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