Mumia Abu-Jamal is Philadelphia's Innocent Native Son
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 Schuessler, August 24, 2022, Reprinted from The New York Times. For years, Mumia Abu-Jamal was the face of the anti-death penalty movement in the United States. …
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In her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston wrote, “There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” With continued pressure from below, 2022 will be the year that forces the Philadelphia DA’s Office and the Philly Police Department to answer questions about why they framed imprisoned radio journalist and veteran Black Panther …
January 21, 2014, By Johanna Fernandez. Mumia Abu-Jamal is innocent. Mumia has been wrongfully imprisoned for 41 years. He spent the first 28.5 years of his imprisonment on Pennsylvania’s death row. In 2011, his death sentence was confirmed unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court and he is now serving a sentence of “life in prison” …
