US judge orders review of Black Panther's death sentence

A US court has ordered a new sentencing hearing for imprisoned anti-racism activist Mumia Abu-Jamal after throwing out a death sentence handed down to him in 1982.

US judge orders review of Black Panther's death sentence

A US court has ordered a new sentencing hearing for imprisoned anti-racism activist Mumia Abu-Jamal after throwing out a death sentence handed down to him in 1982.

Abu-Jamal, a Black Panther activist and America’s most famous death-row inmate, was convicted of murdering a 25-year-old policeman in Philadelphia in 1981.

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