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Jesse Jackson Convinces Gambia to Free US Prisoners

President suspends dozens of executions: Jackson's group

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 18, 2012 12:13 PM CDT

(Newser) – Gambia's president has agreed to release a pair of Americans imprisoned for treason, thanks to the work of Jesse Jackson, CNN reports. President Yahya Jammeh will also indefinitely suspend the executions of dozens of death-row inmates, says Jackson's Rainbow Push Coalition, after Jammeh...   Read full story »

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