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    Emanuel Lester aka Immanuel Bassil Ali - Pennsylvania




    Facts of the Crime:

    Convicted for the April 5, 1990 murder of Sheila Manigault.

    Lester was sentenced to death in Philadelphia County on November 14, 1991.

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    On December 12, 1998, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed Lester's death sentence on direct appeal.

    On March 11, 2011, Lester filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/Export/case_list_564.htm

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    In today's orders, the United States Supreme Court declined to review Lester's petition for certiorari.

    Lower Ct: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Eastern District
    Case Nos.: (667 CAP)
    Decision Date: February 18, 2014
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    He is listed, just under a new name. Immanuel Bassil Ali.

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    I notice PA has more inmates converting to Islam than other states.
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    Lester is no longer on Pennsylvania’s death row roster.

    https://www.cor.pa.gov/About%20Us/In...on%20list.xlsx

    He is also listed as off death row on the annual death row report, October 2022.

    https://www.naacpldf.org/wp-content/...SAFall2022.pdf
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