Brown U. acquires trove of Mumia Abu-Jamal’s prison papers
August 24, 2022 GMTPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Brown University has acquired a trove of records, writings and artwork from Mumia Abu-Jamal, a political activist and journalist who spent decades on death row for the shooting death of a Philadelphia police officer in the 1980s.
State Supreme Court to hear latest Abu-Jamal case filings
May 20, 2021 GMTPHILADELPHIA (AP) — The latest appeal filed by Mumia Abu-Jamal and a related suit brought by the widow of the Philadelphia police officer he's convicted of killing will now go before Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court.
Abu-Jamal Case Endless
January 4, 2019 GMTThe trial evidence was stark and brutal. In the early-morning hours of December 9, 1981, Police Officer Daniel Faulkner conducted a traffic stop in Center City Philadelphia. A scuffle ensued with the driver, one William Cook.
In misleading ad, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick ties Dem opponent to cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal
September 19, 2018 GMTBy Staff
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a Bucks County Republican running in a hotly-contested House race, is out with a misleading TV ad tying his Democratic opponent to a notorious Philadelphia cop-killer.
Mumia Abu-Jamal supporters rally in Center City
May 1, 2018 GMTProtesters chanted and marched in Center City on Monday in support of former Black Panther and death-row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal as he seeks to re-appeal his conviction.
Inside the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia that morning, a hearing was held before Judge Leon Tucker regarding Abu-Jamal’s petition seeking to toss out his previous appeals so he can re-appeal his case.
Status report conference slated for Mumia Abu-Jamal
March 27, 2018 GMTA status report conference is scheduled Tuesday morning for Mumia Abu-Jamal, who is serving a life sentence for the 1982 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner.
Abu-Jamal, an activist, former member of the Black Panther Party and former president of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists, was convicted of shooting Faulkner during a traffic stop.
DA gets 60 days to answer Abu-Jamal petition
February 27, 2018 GMTThe Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office has requested more time to review a petition and produce documentation brought by a man serving a life sentence for the murder of a city police officer.
In a status hearing on Monday, Common Pleas Judge Leon Tucker granted District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office an additional 60 days to comply with the petition requests of Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was found guilty of killing police officer Daniel Faulkner in 1982.