Summary of events and legal happenings on Friday, December 16, 2022. By Betsey Piette, December 16, 2022, Reprinted from Workers.org. Dec. 16 — Supporters and family of Pennsylvania political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal filled the courtroom and demonstrated outside the Philadelphia Criminal Justice Center today. All were asking whether Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Lucretia …
Pennsylvania Superior Court rejects Mumia Abu-Jamal’s latest appeal
October 27, 2021, By Kristen Johanson, KYW Newsradio. PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — The Pennsylvania Superior Court has quashed Mumia Abu-Jamal’s latest effort for an overturned conviction and new trial — nearly 40 years after he was convicted of killing Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner. The high court said Abu-Jamal’s appeal was untimely, adding that the …
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Mumia Wins: F.O.P.’S Kings Bench Petition Dismissed
Mumia Legal Case for Freedom Now Proceeds Today, the PA Supreme Court issued an Order dismissing Maureen Faulkner’s King’s Bench Petition. Here is an excerpt from the Order: “AND NOW, this 16th day of December 2020, the King’s Bench petition is hereby DISMISSED in accordance with the special master’s recommendation. The special master is directed …
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Court ruling lets Mumia Abu-Jamal renew his appeals
Reprinted from IACenter.org, By Betsey PietteDecember 28, 2018 Demonstrations, calling on Krasner not to appeal Tucker’s decision, are scheduled outside of Krasner’s office at 3 South Penn Square, across from City Hall, on Friday, Dec. 28, 2018, at 4 p.m. and again on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019, at noon. A split ruling issued Dec. 27, …
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