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May 3, 2013

Assata Shakur Added to FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist List 
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The FBI has added the former Black Panther Assata Shakur to its Most
Wanted Terrorist List 40 years after the killing for which she was
convicted. Born Joanne Chesimard, Shakur was found guilty of shooting
dead a New Jersey state trooper during a gunfight in 1973. She escaped
from prison in 1979 and received political asylum in Cuba. On Thursday,
the reward for her capture was doubled to $2 million. Shakur is the
first woman added to the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist List. She has
long proclaimed her innocence.