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Death Sentence

In this May 29, 1985, photo provided by the Lake County, Ind., Police Department is Paula Cooper who was sentenced to death when she was 15 after stabbing a 78-year-old Bible school teacher 33 times during a 1985 robbery in Gary, Ind. (AP Photo/Lake County Police Depatmrnt via The Indianapolis Star)

Woman sentenced to death at 16 is freed

Charles Wilson, Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A U.S. woman who became the country's youngest death row inmate at age 16, sparking protests, after confessing to her role in the murder of a 78-year-old Bible studies teacher has been released from prison after spending a quarter century behind bars...
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Judge overturns 3 death sentences under Racial Justice Act

Brittany Tom
theGRIO REPORT - A North Carolina judge voided the death sentences of three convicted murderers yesterday, two of whom were African-American, citing that race played a significant role in their trial and sentencing...
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Death sentences, executions take 'historic drop,' report says

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MSNBC - The number of death sentences imposed in the U.S. has taken an 'historic drop'...
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Lamont Hill on Mumia: 'A bigger struggle ahead'

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
theGRIO Q&A - Dr. Marc Lamont Hill discusses the Mumia case with theGrio, lending new insight to the life story of a man who some see as a hero in the fight for justice for all prisoners...
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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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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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Supreme Court refuses to hear Texas death case

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from a Texas death row inmate who won a last-minute reprieve from the high court in September...
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Supreme Court rules in favor of Mumia Abu-Jamal

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a request from prosecutors who want to re-impose a death sentence on former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal...
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Racial disparity remains wide in death sentences

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In a system where justice is supposed to be blind, murder defendants accused of killing white victims are nearly three times as likely to be sentenced to death in North Carolina than if the victim was black...
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