Mumia Abu Jamal News

Mumia Abu-Jamal moved into general prison population

By theGrio

12:32 PM on 01/29/2012

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Former death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal has been moved into the general prison population for the first time since his arrest in a Philadelphia police officer's murder three decades ago...
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Mumia off death row: Disappointed but still determined

By theGrio

5:33 PM on 12/12/2011

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - 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..
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Mumia Abu-Jamal death sentence dropped: Marc Lamont Hill discusses case

By Alexis Garrett Stodghill

8:24 AM on 12/09/2011

theGRIO Q&A - Dr. Marc Lamont Hill discusses the Mumia case with theGrio, lending new insight to the life story of a man who some see as a hero in the fight for justice for all prisoners...
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Widow OKs no death penalty for Mumia Abu-Jamal

By theGrio

10:16 AM on 12/08/2011

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Maureen Faulkner waited nearly 30 years for her husband's murderer to be executed. But following a seemingly endless cycle of legal appeals, she said she realized it would never happen...
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From Troy Davis to Mumia: Have we turned a corner on the death penalty?

By David A. Love

8:42 AM on 12/08/2011

OPINION - Mumia Abu-Jamal and Troy Davis faced different outcomes, but both cases speak to the issues of doubt and possible innocence...
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DA dropping death penalty against Mumia Abu-Jamal

By theGrio

11:22 AM on 12/07/2011

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The district attorney announced Wednesday that prosecutors will no longer pursue the death penalty against former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal...
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Philly DA plans Mumia Abu-Jamal news conference

By theGrio

9:24 AM on 12/07/2011

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams has scheduled a news conference to discuss the future of the death penalty case against Mumia Abu-Jamal...
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Why Mumia Abu-Jamal's second chance at life matters

By Monique W. Morris

8:12 AM on 04/27/2011

OPINION - Anti-death penalty advocates have long argued that Abu-Jamal's 1982 trial was unfair, and that the application of the death penalty has been racially biased...
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Court grants new sentencing for Mumia Abu-Jamal

By theGrio

12:21 PM on 04/26/2011

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The 58-year-old former Black Panther's first-degree murder conviction still stands in the fatal shooting of white officer Daniel Faulkner...
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Supreme Court throws out ruling favorable to Mumia Abu-Jamal

By theGrio

5:51 PM on 01/19/2010

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a court ruling that invalidated the former Black Panther's death sentence for killing a Philadelphia police officer in 1981...
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