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Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook; April 24, 1954) is an American political activist and journalist who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1982 for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. While on death row, he has written and commented on the criminal justice system in the United States.
May 8, 2024 · Mumia Abu-Jamal (born April 24, 1954, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.) is an American journalist and political activist who was sentenced to death and then to life in prison for the 1981 murder of a police officer, Daniel Faulkner, in Philadelphia.
Dec 13, 2022 · Award-winning journalist and author Mumia Abu-Jamal has been in prison for 41 years in a case infused with racism. The 68-year-old is a former Black Panther and the author of a dozen books, including the celebrated Live from Death Row .
Dec 9, 2021 · (Philadelphia) — Forty years ago today, Philadelphia journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal was arrested and charged with the shooting death of 25-year-old Daniel Faulkner, a police officer for the...
Jun 7, 2021 · Mumia Abu-Jamal is a 66-year-old former journalist incarcerated in a Pennsylvania state prison for the shooting death of Officer Daniel Faulkner on Dec. 9, 1981.
Apr 20, 2021 · Mumia Abu-Jamal, who has been incarcerated for 40 years in the United States, had also been shackled to his bed during a previous four-day hospitalization in late February, while being...
Apr 6, 2023 · A Philadelphia judge has dismissed the latest appeal from Mumia Abu-Jamal, who for nearly 40 years has been seeking to overturn his murder conviction in one of the city’s most notorious crimes: the fatal shooting of Police Officer Daniel Faulkner.
Dec 28, 2018 · A Philadelphia judge has ruled that Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal can appeal his 1982 conviction for killing Police Officer Daniel Faulkner.
DemocracyNow.org - The new documentary, "Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal," premieres today in New York City. We play an excerpt of the film and speak to writer ...
Abu-Jamal, convicted of the 1981 murder of a police officer, became the face of the anti-death penalty movement and a widely published commentator on the prison system. By Jennifer...
