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Appeals Court to Hear Mumia Abu-Jamal Case
A federal appeals court has agreed to hear an appeal from death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal, the former Black Panther convicted in the 1981 murder of a white Philadelphia police officer.
December 7, 2005
Special Units
Paris Suburb Names Street for Mumia Abu-Jamal
A street in a Paris suburb has been named in honor of Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was convicted of the 1981 murder of a Philadelphia police officer.
May 17, 2006
Patrol
Cop Killer Mumia Abu-Jamal Gets New Sentencing Hearing
Mumia Abu-Jamal was awarded a new sentencing hearing today by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, but an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court appears likely by the district attorney.
April 25, 2011
Patrol
D.A. Won't Seek Death Penalty for Cop Killer Mumia Abu-Jamal
Saying he wanted to avoid another three decades of appeals—and a new public forum for Mumia Abu-Jamal—Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams said today he will not seek a new death penalty hearing for the convicted killer of Officer Daniel Faulkner.
December 6, 2011
Patrol
Celebrities Host Mumia Abu-Jamal Birthday Party
Celebrities and activists will call for the release of Mumia Abu-Jamal during an Occupy-style protest later this month marking the cop killer's 58th birthday.
April 10, 2012
Patrol
Cop Killer Mumia Abu-Jamal Gets New Sentencing Hearing
A federal appeals court today refused to reinstate the death sentence for Mumia Abu-Jamal in the 1981 murder of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner.
March 26, 2008
Patrol
Mumia Abu-Jamal Loses Pa. High Court Appeal
Mumia Abu-Jamal, whose conviction in the slaying of a Philadelphia police officer became a major battleground of the 20th century's racial divide, has lost his latest appeal to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
April 2, 2012
Patrol
Supreme Court Makes Mumia Abu-Jamal Death Sentence Possible
The Supreme Court threw out a 2008 ruling by an appeals court in Philadelphia that had set aside the death sentence of convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal. The justices ordered the appeals court to revisit the ruling, which had said Abu-Jamal deserved a new hearing.
January 19, 2010
Patrol
Wife of Slain Officer Removed from Appeal Hearing for Cop Killer Mumia Abu-Jamal
During a hearing to determine whether or not to extend the appeal hearing of Mumia Abu-Jamal in the fatal 1981 shooting of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner, Maureen Faulkner—the officer's widow—rose to her feet to sternly address the judge.
October 30, 2018
Patrol
Two Films Present Contrasting Views of Cop Killer Mumia Abu-Jamal
Screenings of two contrasting films about convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal in Philadelphia on Thursday brought appearances from police widow Maureen Faulkner as well as Abu-Jamal himself, who called from prison.
September 21, 2010
Patrol
Mumia Abu-Jamal Documentary 'The Barrel of a Gun' Gets Release Date
Filmmaker Tigre Hill has been working on the film since 2006, and says he has uncovered new evidence showing the killing was premeditated.
June 13, 2010
Patrol
Obama Appoints Former Attorney for Cop Killer Abu-Jamal to Civil Rights Commission
President Obama on Thursday appointed Debo Adegbile, a former attorney for convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal, to a six-year post on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
December 19, 2016
Patrol
Senate Rejects Mumia Lawyer for DOJ Post
The vote was a victory for Republicans and the National Fraternal Order of Police, who said Adegbile's connection with the legal case of Mumia Abu-Jamal disqualified him from holding high public office.
March 5, 2014
Patrol
Widow of Slain Philly Officer Seeks to Remove DA from Mumia's Appeal
Maureen Faulkner—the widow of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner, who was murdered by Mumia Abu-Jamal during a traffic stop in 1981—says that Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner's office should be disqualified from overseeing any appeals of that case.
November 13, 2019
Patrol
Philadelphia Mural Honors Officer Killed by Mumia
A mural memorializing Daniel Faulkner, the Philadelphia police officer shot to death by Mumia Abu-Jamal in 1981, was unveiled over the weekend on the 6th Police District headquarters in Chinatown. Scores of people, mostly police officers, gathered for the mural’s dedication.
November 24, 2014
Patrol
Cop Killer Mumia Sues Over Pennsylvania Law That Could Silence Him
Convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal is seeking to overturn a new Pennsylvania law that allows violent crime victims to sue offenders whose speech continues to cause them "mental anguish."
November 10, 2014
Patrol
Mumia Supporters Rally at Philly's Federal Courthouse
About 500 people rallied outside the federal courthouse in Philadelphia today in support of death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal in advance of an appeals court hearing on his sentencing for the murder of Police Officer Daniel Faulkner.
November 8, 2010
Patrol
Widow of Slain Officer Outraged Over Cop Killer Mumia's Chance for Appeal
Judge Leon Tucker granted Mumia Abu-Jamal another opportunity to appeal his conviction in the death of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner. Abu-Jamal spent three decades on death row before his sentence in the shooting death of Faulkner was thrown out over flawed jury instructions.
December 31, 2018
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