Assata Shakur

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Cuba Thaw May Bring FBI's 'Most Wanted' Woman to Prison

New Jersey hopes to extradite convicted cop killer Assata Shakur

(Newser) - Some Cubans may have celebrated a major overhaul in relations with the US this week, but Assata Shakur likely wasn't among them. Shakur, the first woman on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist list , escaped prison in 1979 after being convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper and...

Woman Makes Most-Wanted List 40 Years After Murder

Joanne Chesimard was convicted of 1973 killing of NJ state trooper

(Newser) - The FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist list now contains its first female: Joanne Chesimard. Her name was added to the list on the 40th anniversary of the murder of New Jersey state Trooper Werner Foerster, who was killed during a traffic stop, reports Fox News . Chesimard was convicted of the...

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