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Troy Davis

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How the LA riots changed the way we discuss race

David A. Love
OPINION - The LA riots helped change the way Americans talk about race, kicking off a two decade-long dialogue that has taken the nation into the Obama presidency and the era of Trayvon Martin...
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Why Obama can't touch the Trayvon Martin case

Zerlina Maxwell
OPINION - By making any public statements about the ongoing investigation the White House could derail the efforts of the family to seek justice for their son...
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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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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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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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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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Has hip-hop activism made a comeback?

dream hampton
OPINION - New faces, even those whose prior music and/or positions are a welcome addition..
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Rev. Joseph Lowery at 90: 'The struggle isn't over'

Amelia McGriff
theGRIO REPORT - Lowery was encased within the civil right movement's inner circle, fighting alongside so many others who were cut down in their prime, but at the ripe age of 90 he's among the few left to see the fruit of the labor...
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Audio of Troy Davis' final words released

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NEWS ONE - After a long day of emotional goodbyes, Troy Davis knelt in his prison cell and began to pray 15 minutes before he was scheduled to die...
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