Word: jamal
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Convicted Philadelphia cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal, a journalist active in radical black politics, obtained an indefinite stay of execution so he can pursue an appeal. Abu-Jamal, whose claims of innocence have become an international cause celebre, maintains he was railroaded by the criminal-justice system because of his politics...
MUMIA ABU-JAMAL Convicted murderer/liberal cause celebre wins stay of execution...
...defense team, headed by Leonard Weinglass, disputes virtually every aspect of that account. The team notes that one of the three eyewitnesses who identified Abu-Jamal as the gunman was a prostitute with three pending felony charges--and thus had cause to cooperate with the police. Another witness, cabdriver Robert Chobert, told police on the night of the shooting that a man much larger than Abu-Jamal had stood over Faulkner and fired shots, then "ran away." Abu-Jamal's lawyers say other witnesses who did not testify also reported seeing a heavyset man shoot Faulkner and flee...
...obstacle. Sabo conducted the original trial and is presiding over the hearing to determine whether there will be a second trial, despite appeals that he recuse himself. Sabo holds the national record for sending the most people to death row: 31. Back in 1982, he refused to let Abu-Jamal represent himself, and appointed an attorney. The defense team cites several flaws in that attorney's performance. He assented to a jury made up of 10 whites and two blacks, hardly representative of the Philadelphia population, which was 40% black. And he failed to point out in court that...
This time, Abu-Jamal has larger sums at his disposal. A committee has raised $100,000 from the likes of actors Ed Asner and Whoopi Goldberg and academician Cornel West. That might be enough money to buy three more years' worth of appeals. No one expects Abu-Jamal...