Mumia Abu-Jamal

Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook April 24, 1954) is a journalist and political activist, most famous for his 1982 conviction and death sentence for the murder of Daniel Faulkner, a police officer, and for the subsequent mass campaigns for and against him. Technically, he had been awaiting execution in Pennsylvania from 1982 until December 2001 when Federal District Court judge William Yohn overturned Jamal's death sentence. However, Yohn reaffirmed Jamal's conviction, ruling that he will remain in custody indefinitely.

External links

• http://www.freemumia.org, a pro-Abu-Jamal activism and advocacy page
• www.danielfaulkner.com, a web site presenting the case against Abu-Jamal. Includes refutations of many defense assertions, some of which are listed above, and articles on the 2001 affirmation of the conviction.
• The Case of Mumia Abu Jamal, by Terry Bisson from New York Newsday, 1995
• Supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal as listed by the Fraternal Order of Police
• Transcripts of Mumia Abu Jamal's 1981 trial.
• Philadelphia Tribune article
• Amnesty International on the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal
• Archived files of Mumia Abu Jamal's essays read from death row.
• National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
• Death Penalty Information Center
• The Mumia Case: Support from NAACP, But a Movement in Shambles, article by David Lindorff for Counterpunch, July 16 2004
• Fry Mumia some are adamant about his guilt.
• On Philadelphia Court Judge Dembe's May 27/June 17, 2005, Decision on Mumia Abu-Jamal, by Michael Schiff