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The execution spree was a first in US history and stands contrary to the declining trend in death penalty practicesOpinion: Trump is on a literal killing spreeDonald Trump has added a morbid new distinction to his presidency – for the first time in US history, the federal government has in one year executed more American civilians than all the states combined. Related: 'Abolish the...

Jalil Muntaqim was one of several black liberation radicals incarcerated for decades in the wake of political and racial turbulence of the 1960s and 70sA former Black Panther who has been in prison for almost half a century has finally won his decades-long battle for freedom after a New York parole board ordered his release.Jalil Muntaqim, AKA Anthony Bottom, has been in unbroken custody...