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Medical Examiner Rules Death of Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam a Suicide
Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam, who had the distinction of being the first African-American woman to serve on New York’s highest court as well as the country’s first female Muslim judge, committed suicide by drowning in April, according to the New York City medical examiner. The coroner’s office confirmed its findings in a statement Wednesday, the New…
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Judge Abdus-Salaam Did Not Commit Suicide, Says Husband
The husband of America’s first female Muslim judge—whose body was found floating in the Hudson River off New York City last week—does not believe she committed suicide. According to the New York Daily News, Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam’s husband dismisses the idea that his wife took her own life. “Those of us who loved [the judge]…
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Body of 1st-Ever Female Muslim Judge in US Found Washed Up Along Hudson River
The first Muslim woman in U.S. history to become a judge was found dead Wednesday afternoon when her body washed up on the Manhattan side of the Hudson River in New York City. Sheila Abdus-Salaam, 65, was the first African-American woman to be appointed to the state’s Court of Appeals, where she served as an…