Jailed former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal will receive Hepatitis C treatment while serving a life sentence for the death of a Philadelphia police officer, said the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections spokeswoman Friday.
“You’re our hero!” Support for the now-suspended New Jersey teacher who allowed her third-graders to write get-well letters to former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal was…
Imprisoned journalist and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal is in intensive care for treatment of diabetes and is “not doing well,” his family said Tuesday,…
Last Wednesday, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams announced that he would not seek the death penalty against Mumia Abu-Jamal. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Abu-Jamal’s death sentence was unconstitutional and washed its hands of the matter. This left Williams with the option of pursuing a death sentence through a new hearing, or settling for […]
PHILADELPHIA — Convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal said he was surprised and somewhat disappointed that he did not get a new sentencing hearing in the racially charged murder case that had kept him on death row for nearly 30 years. SEE ALSO: Lowe’s Called Racist For Pulling TV Ads Abu-Jamal is a onetime radio journalist and […]
Following the announcement of Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams that Mumia Abu-Jamal “will no longer be facing the death penalty,” Archbishop Desmond Tutu called for further action. “Now that it is clear that Mumia should never have been on death row in the first place, justice will not be served by relegating him to prison […]
PHILADELPHIA — Prosecutors have called off their 30-year battle to put former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal to death in the killing of a white police officer, putting to an end the racially charged case that became a major battleground in the fight over the death penalty. Flanked by the police Officer Daniel Faulkner’s widow, Philadelphia […]
Before Troy Davis became known to the country and later the world, Mumia Abu-Jamal gained international appeal when he was convicted of the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner, and sentenced to death. Abu-Jamal was encapsulated as the “world’s best known death row inmate.” 1. MEANING BEHIND THE NAME–Abu-Jamal was born Wesley Cook. […]
PHILADELPHIA— Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams has scheduled a news conference to discuss the future of the death penalty case against Mumia Abu-Jamal (moo-MEE’-ah AH’-boo jah-MAHL’). PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Prosecutors announced Wednesday that they will no longer pursue the death penalty against former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal, meaning he will spend the rest of his […]
