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Mumia Abu-Jamal (/muːmiɑː əbuː dʒəˈmɑːl/; born Wesley Cook on April 24, 1954) was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1981 murder of police officer Daniel Faulkner,[1] and is currently a prisoner at State Correctional Institution Greene near Waynesburg, Pennsylvania.
In December 2001, a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania affirmed his conviction but quashed the original punishment and ordered resentencing. Both Abu-Jamal and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania appealed. The case was orally argued before a three-judge panel in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Philadelphia on May 17, 2007, and as of March 2008 is pending.[2] His case has received international attention. Supporters and opponents disagree on the appropriateness of the death penalty, whether he is guilty, or whether he received a fair trial and the benefit of due process.[3][4][5]
Prior to his arrest he was a Black Panther Party activist, cab driver, and journalist. During his imprisonment he has courted controversy as an honoree of municipal, educational and civil society organizations, and as a spoken word commentator and published author of several works—most notably Live from Death Row..(more…)
- ^ Commonwealth v. Abu-Jamal, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, First Judicial District, Philadelphia, Case Nos. 1357-59.
- ^ See General Docket, Abu-Jamal v. Horn, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Case Nos. 01-9014, 02-9001.
- ^ "A Life in the Balance: The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal". Amnesty International. February 17 2000. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Taylor Jr., Stuart (December 1995). "Guilty and Framed". The American Lawyer. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
- ^ "European Parliament resolution 9(f) B4-1170/95 (p. 39 of original, 49 of pdf)" (pdf). European Parliament. September 21 1995. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
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