We must stop the unjust execution of Shaka Sankofa From: The Philadelphia Tribune | Date: June 20, 2000| Author: | . Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Worrill, Conrad W.
Philadelphia Tribune, The
06-20-2000
We must stop the unjust execution of Shaka Sankofa

The issue of the death penalty in America has become a raging debate,
specifically as it relates to Africans in America who are on death row
throughout the country.

Since the inception of the National Black United Front (NBUF), through its
Houston Chapter, we have been involved in numerous cases involving people
who were sentenced to death for crimes we believed they did not commit.

NBUF has always been opposed to the death penalty and particularly its
application to Africans in America.

It has ...

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