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Faye Brown

Race:Black
Era:1970s
State:North Carolina
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Biography

22-year-old Black woman on North Carolina's death row for the alleged killing of a state trooper, condemned along with her co-defendants though only one shot was fired; The Black Panther Vol. 15 no.4 (1976) presents her as unjustly sentenced to death. [Source: The Black Panther (Black Panther Party newspaper), Vol. 15 (1976); digitized at marxists.org — https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/index.htm]

Case

Charges: Murder (killing of a state trooper)
Sentence: 22-year-old Black woman condemned to North Carolina's death row along with co-defendants though only one shot was fired
Convicted: Yes