We Honor His Memory
Daniel Faulkner loved being a police officer and planned on a lifelong career in law enforcement. He was working toward his Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice Administration, with a long-term goal of attending law school so he could one day join the District Attorney's Office as a prosecutor. Family was important to Daniel, the youngest of seven children in a close-knit Irish-Catholic family from Philadelphia. Daniel and his wife Maureen were married in the fall of 1979, and owned a home in south Philadelphia near their friends and families. At just 25-years of age, the future seemed promising to Daniel and his young wife. On December 9, 1981, those hopes and dreams were destroyed when Officer Daniel Faulkner was murdered in cold blood on a Philadelphia street corner during a routine traffic stop. His killer? Poster child for wrongful imprisonment—Mumia Abu-Jamal.
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Summary of the Case Facts: What Happened on December 9, 1981?
A Chronology of Events on December 9, 1981
Protest Flyer (For Daniel Faulkner)
Response to Amnesty International (Michael Smerconish and Paul Palkovic)
1982 Jury selection & Trial Transcripts: 1995, 1996, 1997 PCRA Transcripts
Opinion of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (October 29, 1998)
1998 Pennsylvania Supreme Court Findings and Opinion
2001 3rd Circuit Court Ruling Opinion (Judge William Yohn)
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Murdered by Mumia: A Life Sentence of Loss, Pain, and Injustice
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This is a harrowing book, told with uncommon grace and dignity. Maureen Faulkner is an incredible woman. The story she tells, of being denied for more than a quarter century the dignity of burying her police officer husband in peace, is even more incredible.
Buzz Bissinger - Author of Friday Night Lights
The Bible teaches that the truth will set us free, but Michael Smerconish and Maureen Faulkner teach us that even a powerful truth needs courage as its ally.
Chris Matthews - Host of Hardball with Chris Matthews and The Chris Matthews Show
Maureen Faulkner is a genuine American heroine. While influential people garner cheap headlines with stories of false injustice, Maureen Faulkner fights behind the scenes and in public to preserve the good name of her husband. This is a real justice story!
John Timoney, Miami Chief of Police
All author proceeds from the book will go toward Justice for Police Officer Daniel Faulkner
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- Rally for the freedom of Mumia Abu-Jamal outside the most hated ...
- Despite photographic evidence that completely destroys the ridiculous scenario put forward by the Philadelphia District Attorney's office of the shooting death of policemen Daniel Faulkner in 1981, the managers of the national security ...
- Rally for the freedom of Mumia Abu-Jamal outside the most hated ...
- policemen Daniel Faulkner in 1981, the managers of the national security state are now redoubling their efforts to execute this revolutionary journalist. If they're not able to apply the death penalty, which is nothing but premeditated ...
- Marc Lamont Hill isn't Just An Admirer of Cop-Killer Mumia Abu ...
- From his award-winning journalism to his involvement with the Black Panther Party, Mumia has devoted his life to Black liberation. Wrongfully incarcerated since 1981 for the murder of Officer Daniel Faulkner, Mumia has continued to ...
- Cracks in Mumia's case | Philadelphia Independent Media Center
- It would be the mark of a MAN to confess to his transgressions especially taking the life of someone ( Officer Daniel Faulkner ) who did not have the pleasure, ever again,of seeing his wife or intended children because of the henious ...
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- mumiamustdie mumiamustdie Oct 1, 2009 @ 11:06 pm
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- Thank you for your passion regarding this very sad story. I admire your work very much. You are one of our best,*****
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