Are you F'ING kidding me!!!! Mumia Abu-Jamal gets new sentencing hearing

[GUINNESS]

Seriously! This honestly has me full of rage. That man should have been executed LONG ago. The fact that he's now getting a new sentence hearing is absolutely ludicrous. Grrr... so full of rage. Kill a police officer, then get to sit behind bars, get 3 meals a day and clothing, write books about oh poor you, and then this!?!?

Those who live in or around Philly will probably be more familiar with this case, but it has made national news in the past and stories like Dateline, etc. I'm not going to try digging up the original story right now, but here is the latest bit...

By Emilie Lounsberry

INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

In a major victory for world-famous death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal, a federal appeals court today refused to reinstate his death sentence for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that Abu-Jamal must be sentenced to life in prison or get a chance with a new Philadelphia jury, which would decide anew whether he should get life in prison or be sentenced - again - to death.

At the same time, the judges upheld his first-degree murder conviction, rejecting Abu-Jamal's claim that he deserves an entirely new trial and a chance to prove his innocence.

Abu-Jamal, who has written books and given taped speeches from death row, was convicted in 1982 by a Philadelphia jury of killing Faulkner, who was shot to death near 13th and Locust Streets in the early morning hours of Dec. 9, 1981.

[GUINNESS]

Actually, if people care, there are a ton of previous stories here:

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/hot_topics/13796702.html

[motordavid]

A 50 cent reload would take care of him...so would a week in a Joint
like the old OZ HBO tv show.

[Eric5273]

He should get a new trial. The evidence against him was very weak, he was not allowed to be present at his own trial, nor was he allowed to testify, and someone else has since confessed to the murder.

This case was not so dissimilar to the case of Rubin Hurricane Carter. This was a case of a corrupt police department framing an investigative reporter who had typically written stories about their corruption.

Interestingly enough, the cop who was killed was hated within the department as he was a straight shooter, did not take money, and was considered a problem by local organized crime, and that's why he was killed.

[MoeMZA]

Originally Posted by Eric5273

He should get a new trial. The evidence against him was very weak, he was not allowed to be present at his own trial, nor was he allowed to testify, and someone else has since confessed to the murder.

This case was not so dissimilar to the case of Rubin Hurricane Carter. This was a case of a corrupt police department framing an investigative reporter who had typically written stories about their corruption.

Interestingly enough, the cop who was killed was hated within the department as he was a straight shooter, did not take money, and was considered a problem by local organized crime, and that's why he was killed.

What he said.