Murdered By Mumia
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Murdered By Mumia Abu-Jamal
Mumia Abu-Jamal currently resides in a Pennsylvania prison -- though no longer on death row -- far removed from Rue Mumia in the pastoral outskirts of Paris.
UPDATE - Philadelphia, April 26, 2011: The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling affirming the decision of the District Court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania that granted convicted murderer Mumia Abu-Jamal a new penalty hearing. At issue was whether the jury was mislead into believing they were required to unanimously find any mitigating circumstances. The District Attorney maintains that the jury instruction at trial was fair and appropriate, and consistent with the standards of the Supreme Court. The District Attorney is filing a writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court, seeking to overturn the Third Circuit Court's decision and reinstate the death penalty.
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Flashback to December 9, 1981
Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner's Final Moments
It was just after 3:30 a.m. on a cold Wednesday morning when Officer Daniel Faulkner, a five-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department, made what should have been a routine traffic stop. A blue Volkswagen, driven by William Cook, was headed the wrong way on a one-way street, its lights unlit. Cook's brother, Wesley, a cab driver who went by the name of Mumia Abu-Jamal, watched the drama unfold from across the street. According to multiple witnesses at the scene, Officer Faulkner was in the process of handcuffing an uncooperative William Cook when Abu-Jamal ran toward the officer and shot him in the back. Before falling to the pavement, Daniel Faulkner turned and fired one shot, striking Abu-Jamal in the stomach. Abu-Jamal stood over Officer Faulkner and fired several shots, point-blank, at Officer Faulkner's upper body. He then bent down and fired a final, fatal shot at Officer Faulkner's head, just above his eye. Backup officers arrived 40 seconds after the final shot was fired and found a wounded Abu-Jamal slumped against the curb in front of his brother's car. His taxi was found in the parking lot across from the shooting. Abu-Jamal was wearing an empty shoulder holster, and a .38 caliber hand gun registered to him was found by his side. It contained five spent shells. Abu-Jamal's ammunition of choice was a lethal type of bullet known as "Plus P" high velocity. Witnesses to the brutal slaying identified Mumia Abu-Jamal as the killer both at the scene and during his subsequent trial. Murdered By Mumia
Written by Maureen Faulkner and Michael A. Smerconish
Murdered by Mumia: A Life Sentence of Loss, Pain, and Injustice
Amazon Price: $3.90 (as of 06/03/2012)
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
Murdered By Mumia
A Life Sentence of Loss, Pain, and Injustice
Maureen Faulkner had been married to Officer Daniel Faulkner for just 14 months at the time of his death. The dreaded rap on her door that fateful morning ushered Maureen into an often surreal world; one copiously documented by over 5,000 pages of trial transcripts and impassioned musings by the convicted killer himself. In the 26 years since her husband's brutal murder, Maureen Faulkner has watched in disbelief as Mumia Mania swept the world, taking in scores of Hollywood celebrities, many of whom have never read a single word of the trial record. As Ed Asner of Lou Grant fame so eloquently put it when asked if he had read the original trial transcript, "Could I stay awake?" Murdered By Mumia: A Life Sentence of Loss, Pain, and Injustice, co-authored with Philadelphia talk radio host and attorney, Michael A. Smerconish, is Maureen Faulkner's attempt to use clear, hard facts to tell her side of the story, and counter a quarter century of lies and misinformation about the night her beloved husband was murdered in cold blood by Mumia Abu-Jamal. Let's Hear From You
Maureen Faulkner
Still, in the early days after the murder, nobody who read about the events in Philadelphia could have predicted that Abu-Jamal would become the poster boy for an international anti-death campaign. Why should he?
He murdered my husband.
Officer Daniel Faulkner's Widow, Maureen
Daniel Faulkner
A Few Facts Courtesy of Wikipedia
Daniel J. Faulkner was a police officer in the American city of Philadelphia who was shot and killed in the line of duty by Mumia Abu-Jamal, who has been convicted of first-degree murder for the slaying and sentenced to death. The slaying was the culmination of a traffic stop in downtown Philadelphia, not initially involving Abu-Jamal, which escalated into an exchange of gunfire in which Abu-Jamal was himself shot and wounded by officer Faulkner. Since 2000, the City of Philadelphia has memorialized Faulkner with a street designation and a commemorative plaque. His widow, Maureen Faulkner, moved to California. In 1994, upon discovering that National Public Radio planned to broadcast a series of commentaries taped by Abu-Jamal from death row, she began a campaign of her own to counter the "Free Mumia" movement. Since then, she has made numerous public appearances in support of upholding Abu-Jamal's conviction and death sentence. In 1999, she visited The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington during its commencement ceremony to protest the selection of Abu-Jamal as one of five commencement speakers. Since as a death row inmate he was unable to attend, the graduates listened to a 13 minute audio recording of his address. On December 9, 2001, she returned to Philadelphia to attend a ceremony honoring Daniel Faulkner on the 20th anniversary of his murder. Five years later, on December 8, 2006, she returned there once again, where she made public comments in which she characterized Abu-Jamal's supporters as "know-nothings" and praised District Attorney Lynne M. Abraham for steadfastly defending against Abu-Jamal's many appeals.
Mourners at Daniel Faulkner's Funeral
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Let's write epitaphs for pigs.
Mumia Abu-Jamal
A Few Facts Courtesy of Wikipedia
Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook on April 24, 1954) is an African-American who was convicted and sentenced to death for the December 9, 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. He has been described as "perhaps the best known Death-Row prisoner in the world", and his sentence is one of the most debated today. Before his arrest he was a member of the Black Panther Party, an activist, part-time cab driver, journalist, radio personality, news commentator and broadcaster. Since his conviction, his case has received international attention and he has become a controversial cultural icon. Supporters and opponents disagree on the appropriateness of the death penalty, whether he is guilty, or whether he received a fair trial. During his imprisonment he has published several books and other commentaries, notably Live from Death Row.
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Political power grows out of
the barrel of a gun.
Justice Done or Justice Denied?
Was Mumia Abu-Jamal Treated Fairly?
On July 2, 1982, after being tried before a racially mixed jury that he personally helped select, Mumia Abu-Jamal was unanimously convicted of murdering Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. The following day, the jury sentenced Abu-Jamal to death after just two hours of deliberation. On March 6, 1989, The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania heard the defendant's appeals and upheld the conviction. Successive court rulings have repeatedly confirmed his guilt.
Please share your opinion:
Justice was Served
bt33blue says:
I’m a leftist who used to believe Mumia was who the “Free Mumia” movement said he was: a worthy, articulate black victim of police brutality and racism. But then I actually went to the trouble of reading the trial transcripts. And here I must part company with so many other leftists who have misguidedly taken on Mumia’s case as a just cause. The evidence is simply overwhelming. He’s as guilty as guilty can be. I can’t help concluding that Mumia is merely a lying, pretentious con artist, a self-centered coward. Rather than taking responsibility for his actions, he has concocted a fairy tale alternate theory of the crime while wrapping himself in the mantle of black victimization (thus tragically undermining its legitimacy for countless genuine victims of racism). He has spun an international web of delusion and spawned an industry manned by self-righteous true believers like Johanna Fernandez, the strident producer of a film that purports to show Mumia didn’t get a fair trial (the record shows he did). He has thus fooled millions like me around the world, playing on our sympathetic heartstrings. His self-conscious promotion as a perceptive critic of American society is therefore thoroughly compromised. I refuse to be conned any longer. My heart goes out to Daniel Faulkner’s widow and family. People of good will can differ on the sentence, depending on one’s view about capital punishment. But only those self-hypnotized by Mumia’s political posturing can disagree on the verdict. No wonder it only took three hours to convict him.
Walrath says:
Guilty as charged, tried, convicted, and sentenced. Guilty verdict upheld on every single appeal. Carry out the sentence NOW.
Justice says:
Funny, i was reading the comments off those who say justice was denied and all most all of their arguments are twisted truths or blatant lies. NO, i won't go through each of them b/c there isn't enough room on here. If you believe Mumia is innocent then you are either A) Ignorant of the facts and or evidence in this case or B) A Complete and utter Idiot!
Neil says:
I am not a supporter of all our laws and many government policies and practices but we need government and we need laws and police to enforce them. Abu-Jamal in front of witnessess shot and killed a police officer preforming his duty. Then by a jury of his peers was convicted and sentanced to death. Abu-Jamal has been on death row for twenty-nine years but Officer Daniel Faulkner has been dead for the same time. Abu made a decision to shot a police officer and no matter how eloquently he speeks or writes he must pay for the decision he made.
William Francis Farrar Jr. says:
Unfortunately, justice is for some strange reason still in the process of being served. It will be final when Cooks cold and lifeless body is laying on a medical examiners gurney. In the meantime, the reason Mr. Cook remains on death row is quite simple. It's due to the bullet fired squarely into Cook from Officer Faulkners service revolver. Forget all the other crap you read these days. After everything is said and done It comes down to this one, very well placed bullet that has been keeping animal Wesley exactly where he belongs, until his soon-to-be Day of Reckoning arrives.
wmbeattie@bex.net says:
Let this lowlife rodent rot away in the slammer! He's supported by MOVE,a bunch of losers who flunked English and never figured out indoor plumbing. I was wondering,why do Mumia supporters speak against the death penalty and praise Fidel Castro? They're speaking up for a dictator who sent so many to his FIRING SQUADS!!!
Jaydoe says:
@ ruffedge,
It costs more to put somebody to death than life on death row.
ruffedge says:
I don't see how justice can be considered done when a man who was found guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt 27 years ago and sentence to death continues to burden tax payers to this day.
Then to aggravate this Hollywood leftist take this guy up as one of their pet feel good causes. I can't even imagine what Maureen Faulkner has been going through all these years.
mtnboy says:
why has hollywood taken the cause of mumia over maureen faulkner's.... because they're cop-haters, or just pure evil? i go with both.... mumia should be executed quickly in my opinion, on national t.v...... preferably hanged.
AslanBooks says:
It seems to me that Justice is denied Maureen Faulkner everyday that Mumia lives.
Justice was Denied
Tina says:
I knew nothing of Mumia Abu-Jamal until my 10 year old son got assigned a "bio-box" on him. After reading everything I could find on the situation, I truly believe in Mumia's innocence.
philly76 says:
Unlike many people I actually have read the transcripts from both the original trial and the PCRA. I wanted to learn more about why there is such a controversy over the case and if it is justified. I highly recommend that people read the PCRA. The original trial is not the full story by a long shot. The more I learned about the case the more ridiculous it becomes. Given all the ridiculousness of this case from all sides I don't think it is clear that Mumia is innocent or guilty. If you really look into the court recpord you find SO MANY GLARING PROBLEMS from BOTH sides.
1.) Maureen and Smerconish like to say that four witnesses saw Mumia shoot Faulkner but if you look at the original police reports you find six people who said that the shooter ran away compared to only two others who don't White & Scanlan. Only one of those six would testify to their original story at the trial, Dessie Hightower. Two of them were not brought in to testify (Kordansky and Harkins) and the other two changed their stories.
2.) One of those six witnesses was Robert Chobert who changed his story three times before testifying at trial (his first story had the shooter run away - then run away 35 feet and fall - and then just fall). White and Scanlan both change their stories too (between their statements, their testimony in Billy Cook's trial). White's story changes wildly four times before Mumia's trial. She places Faulkner in a different spot each time - all in positions where he would have been facing the direction Mumia was running and wouldn't have been shot in the back before she settles on him facing away from Mumia at the trial. If you read Scanlan closely you realize that even though he changes his story he always has Faulkner's back and 12th street which puts his face in the direction Mumia was running at him.
3.) A point that I found very disturbing was the police evidence sheet. The evidence report shows a whole bullet and a bullet fragment found in the doorway of 1234 Locust street and lead particles near the ground. How could these bullets have possible ended up there given McGill's argument? He said that Faulkner was shot once in the back and all the other shots were fired at him lying on the ground from close range - yet there were no bullet fragments or divots found anywhere near his body. The door frame was about six feet behind were Mumia supposedly stood shooting down at him. How could a .38 calibur with +P bullets not leave a divot in the concrete from 18 inches away when shot three to four times? A friend of mine is a firearms expert and tells me this is impossible.
4.) The police officers who didn't report the confession until 64 days later is really hard to swallow. Especially since Wakshul wrote in his report "the male negro made no statements". In the PCRA he claims that "I didn't know it was important." Priscella Durham made up for this since she said she reported the confession to her superior the next day but I find it unbelieveable that she didn't tell anyone else until 90 days after the incident despite the fact that she saw Faulkner's partner on more than one occaision after that (in the transcripts!). At the trial she drops the bombshell that she made a written report to a superior on December 10. She for some reason never mentioned that to the prosecutor or anyone else until that moment (he claimed not to know). She had also already testified at the Suppression Hearing before the trial began and never mentioned it there either. She described the report as being signed and handwritten. The one brought from the hospital was typed - not signed or dated and not on hospital letter head.
5.) Mumia's lawyer Anthony Jackson was not prepared at all. He asks several times to be removed from the trial because he is not prepared and cannot handle the work load. He never interviewed a single witness, didn't have any ballistics experts come in due to lack of funding, and AMAZINGLY didn't give an opening statement until several days (I think almost a week) into the case - letting McGill's narrative run the show the entire time. That's unheard of! In the PCRA it came out that he was later disbarred for a cocaine problem.
6.) In 1997 a witness, Veronica Jones, who testified at the original trial that she didn't see the shooter run away (although she had said that in her statement) took the stand at the PCRA and said that she lied at the original trial because two police officer's told her they would get her off of a15-year weapons possession charge she was facing. She took the stand at the risk of perjury and was unbelievably arrested off the stand for a bad check that she wrote seven years prior.
7.) The only thing the ballistics evidence proved re: the gun is that bullets could not be matched to the gun but looked as if they could be consistent with a .38 calibur.
8.) In the PCRA and in Billy Cook's trial we learn that there was a passenger in the car named Kenneth Freeman who was a drug dealer and was known to not like police since he had been beaten by cops some time earlier.
9.) One of the police photos shows very obviously that Chobert's taxi was not parked where he claimed it was.
This ridiculous case goes on and on and I could mention a million other things. I thought Mumia was clearly guilty and got a fair trial based on what is in the papers. After researching it I can say the trial and appeals were a complete travesty and it's not clear to me if he is innocent or guilty. Amnesty International said the original trial didn't meet the minimum international standards for a fair trial and the evidence of this is glaringly and painfully obvious if you read the transcripts. They need to just give him a new trial. If he is guilty he will be convicted again but if he is innocent we need to know about it.
Jbuzzy says:
Well for starters I'm against the death penalty based on moral reasons. Beyond that lets look at the social situation. Mumia was a supporter of the John Africa's MOVE organization. This was a movement and house that was BOMBED by the state. So they obviously were not a fan of a journalist who was in support of "rebellious movements." The Judge, at the time, had one of the highest, if not one of the highest, rates of sentencing criminals to death. So we have a man in journalism, of great power, a city that is in fear of rebellion, a judge who has been accused as being a bigot and seems to have a thing for knocking people off, and just for kicks and giggles I will bring up the report of Officer Faulkner's wife.
Officer Faulkner's wife claimed that when the description of the the murder was read Mumia looked at her and smiled. After review of this claim it turned out that Mumia and Mrs. Faulkner were in different rooms.
When all is said and done I don't know if he killed the Officer Faulkner. I hope he didn't. But beyond that His case was so screwy I think it is a disgrace to say it was a fair or just trial. Mumia has done a lot of writing and reflecting in prison and has done nothing but try an give hope to the people of the world. He encourages obedience and respect for all life while sitting with the threat of death over his head, even so he has found joy and respect for his own life. This is not a man who is of any threat to our communities. SET HIM FREE!
chefkeem says:
Unjust justice denied. Or something. Who am I to judge another human? We're all stuck on this issue. What a mess! But I would say - when in doubt, don't kill.
KimGiancaterino says:
James, I understand what you're saying, but the question has to do with the fairness of the trial itself. The death penalty is a separate issue, though in this case it has been inextricably woven into the fabric of the story.
James says:
An eye for an eye made the whole world blind. I live in one of the great countries that dont have the death penalty and most of our criminals make the headlines because there are not many murders! Rap and drugs are to blame for a rise in murders so the only way to slow down the murder rate is to get rid of rap and drugs. The death penalty does NOT help!!
Mumia Abu-Jamal Supporters
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Willie L. Brown, Jr.
Now, Therefore, be it Resolved,
that I, Willie L. Brown, Jr.,
Mayor of the City and County
of San Francisco, in recognition of the efforts to find justice for
Mumia Abu-Jamal, do hereby proclaim August 16, 1997,
as Justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal
day in San Francisco.
Partisan Defense Committee Flyer
Mike Farrell
For the record, I have sympathy for Mrs. Faulkner, whom I have met and with whom I have discussed the case. But her years-long campaign for the death of Mumia Abu-Jamal saddens me as well, as does her unwillingness to recognize the fact that his having been imprisoned for the past 26 years ought to be seen as significant punishment in and of itself.
Victim or Remorseless Killer?
San Francisco Labor Council Poster
Mumia Abu-Jamal
I'm fighting every day, not just for my freedom, not just for my liberation,
but for all of our liberation.
The Essays of Mumia Abu-Jamal
Books and Audio Recordings
Live from Death Row
Maureen Faulkner
Still, one thing you will not find in any of Abu-Jamal's books is an accounting of what happened on December 9, 1981. If you did not murder my husband, Mr. Abu-Jamal, why not write a book and tell us in your words exactly what happened that night?
A Political Activist Defends Mumia Abu-Jamal
Books About Mumia Abu-Jamal
Is Mumia Abu-Jamal the Real Victim Here?
An American Intellectual?
The Today Show
December 6, 2007
The Patron Saint of Cop Killers?
Another Look at Mumia Abu-Jamal
Mumia Abu Jamal: The Patron Saint of American Cop Killers
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Mumia Abu Jamal: The Patron Saint of American Cop Killers exposes the Hollywood backed "Free Mumia! Free All Political Prisoners!" movement's claims of "racism" in jury selection, "police frame-up," and "police intimidation of defense witnesses" as a transparent fraud.
Mumia Abu-Jamal in the News
The Latest News Headlines About Mumia Abu-Jamal
- COMMENT: Great sentiments alone do not make great men —Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur
- Mumia Abu-Jamal was born as Wesley Cook on April 24, 1954. Now aged 58, he is presently incarcerated; he was sentenced to death on December 9, 1982 for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. He survived two execution dates, ...
- NOT_FOUND_HEADLINE_Tue May 15 10:45:01 EDT 2012
- When Cook, who changed his name to Mumia Abu-Jamal, was arrested for the Dec. 9, 1981, shooting death of Officer Daniel Faulkner, and subsequently sentenced to death, Reggie stood by him. He visited Abu-Jamal in prison and supported him as the death ...
Mumia Abu-Jamal on Twitter
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The Death Penalty
Are You For or Against the Death Penalty?
Most of Mumia Abu-Jamal's celebrity supporters cite their anti-death-penalty bias when pressed for details about the case. Clearly, many are not knowledgeable about, or simply choose to ignore key facts related to the murder or the trial. As a result, the death penalty looms as a major issue in the Daniel Faulkner case.
What are your feelings about the death penalty?
I am for the death penalty
Tina says:
an eye for an eye. I totally support the death penalty.
ScarzAndTa2z says:
Send all the scum on death row into battle's front lines with NO guns and no means of protection...if they survive, they are brought back to deathrow for IMMEDIATE execution; if they die, the enemy actually saved us money by killing the scum so we don't have to warehouse and feed 'em anymore!!
mtnboy says:
in the case of conviction of murder, the murderer should be hanged within 2 weeks.... in the case of conviction of manslaughter the convict should be made to forfeit all assets to the family of the victim, and engendered to support the family through servitude for 18 years, with any following conviction of manslaughter or murder punishable by hanging within 2 weeks with no appeal granted.... although states may increase the time of servitude at their discretion........
AslanBooks says:
Completely support.
Madame B says:
Death penalty sentences should be based on firm physical evidence, such as DNA, ballistics, autopsies etc. that has been double verified, if possible. Capital sentences should never be given in cases that rely only on eye witnesses or character witnesses. People have been misidentified and wrongly convicted.
JacobSaul says:
There are those who pose such a threat to others that society must protect with extreme measure. However, this is very rarely the case, so extreme caution and wisdom is needed. It seems that when one takes the life of another, it cheapens the victim's life to say that their whole life is only equivalent to 20 or 25 years.
Susan52 says:
I support the death penalty.
GypsyPirate says:
I support states right to choose to impose the death penalty. And for it to then be applied on a case by case basis.
I am against the death penalty
davespeed says:
This is a difficult issue for me. For most of my life, I was in favor of the death penalty. My heart goes out to the victims of crime and I want to see justice for them. I have no sympathy for criminals. But I have come to believe that we should abolish the death penalty. Verdicts and sentences are handed down by all-too-human juries and judges who sometimes don't get it right. With the advent of DNA testing, hundreds of convictions have been overturned. The death penalty takes away the chance to right a wrong conviction.
Joey says:
Revenge is a natural emotion. In the case of capital punishment, this feeling turns savage. What is gained from death? Of course, there are the physical gains. Many expect that one who has committed a terrible offense to suffer in the same manner. But what change comes from that? Individuals may feel redemption for their loss, but society in general remains static. The death penalty silences thought. It limits the time that convicts and those affected by their crimes need in order to realize what social pressures cause them to commit these acts, what the flaws of their mentailty are, and what is flawed in society, and without these reflections there will always be unjust brutaility on both sides. Things are not solved out of rash thinking. Read a book.
Michael, Philadelphia says:
I am not a fan of the death penalty, but I find it absolutely grotesque that so many anti-death-penalty people - who are probably well-meaning but apparently don't give a damn whether Mumia is innocent are not - continue to cause pain to the Faulkner family by buying into Mumia's PR operation. I am a liberal, and (not "but," "and") I believe in justice. If you believe (I'm not sure, personally) that justice requires opposing the death penalty, surely justice also requires that a person who was duly convicted of killing a police officer (which conviction has been duly considered by every level of our court system) be punished (and not honored by having streets named for him by foreign countries which must have better things to do with their time).
says:
"I don't think people should be killed, two wrongs don't make a right but they should be sent to jail for the rest of their life."
"Even the most despicable, low life criminal doesn't deserve death. You don't say "That was so wrong of you to kill them" and then kill them as well! I don't know some cases sometimes make me think death penalty is fair.
Ratchet says:
I respect a States right to choose, but I am opposed. I think it should be replaced with harsh solitary confinement. Where they can't have any contact the outter world what-so-ever. Just a room with no windows, just enough food to survive and thier thoughts. That way, if it did ever turn out that they were innocent they could be released.
chefkeem says:
I'm against the death penalty. It doesn't solve anything. But - and this is a huge "but" - I didn't have to go through the experience of losing a loved one in a violent crime. Ask me again when that happened to me. Hopefully, you will never ask me.
spirituality says:
The Death penalty is just never a good thing. For one thing: too many of them would have been overturned based on new evidence. At least if the people were in prison they could be released. And then: the death penalty is just revenge in a new suit: it doesn't solve anything and it isn't even cheaper than a life sentence.
rms says:
I am against the death penalty.
jeffwend says:
I don't like the death penalty, but I also support each states right to decide on this subject.
Capital Punishment?
Mumia Supporter
Michael Smerconish
Support for Abu-Jamal in the City of Brotherly Love has never been strong, except in the most radical of circles. I have always attributed this lack of support at home to the fact that people here have been presented with a more steady and balanced view of the evidence than those Hollywood types who have then glommed onto sound bites generated to build support for an anti-death penalty effort.
No Fan of Mumia Abu-Jamal
Mumia Abu-Jamal's Fate
On April 6, 2009, the United States Supreme Court ruled that Mumia's original conviction of 28 years ago would stand.
Michael Smerconish
Generally speaking, in the city where the murder occurred most people are of the opinion that the guy who did it is where he belongs, if not six feet above where he ought to be.
Not Forgotten...
All Author Proceeds Go To Charity
Murdered By Mumia: A Life Sentence of Loss, Pain, and Injustice
Neither Maureen Faulkner nor I are accepting any of the proceeds from the sale of the book "Murdered By Mumia: A Life Sentence of Loss, Pain, and Injustice." Instead, any income from our three year investment in the writing of the book will be a charitable donation. All author proceeds from the book will go toward Justice for Police Officer Daniel Faulkner, the 501c(3) non-profit originally organized by Maureen in 1998 to honor Danny's memory and to combat the propaganda of those apologizing for the man convicted of killing her husband.Michael Smerconish
Murdered By Mumia
A Life Sentence of Loss, Pain, and Injustice
Murdered by Mumia: A Life Sentence of Loss, Pain, and Injustice
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Have You Read Murdered By Mumia?
Written by Maureen Faulkner and Michael A. Smerconish
Michael Smerconish
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Michael Smerconish is Philadelphia's most popular talk radio host, heard daily on CBS Radio's The Big Talker 1210 AM WPHT. A lawyer turned political commentator, Smerconish occasionally fills in for Bill O'Reilly on The Radio Factor, and guest hosts for Joe Scarborough's Scarborough Country on MSNBC. He is a columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News, as well as the Philadelphia Inquirer. Michael Smerconish is intimately familiar with the facts of the Daniel Faulkner murder case, having read and studied more than five thousand pages of trial transcripts. He has provided pro bono legal advice to Daniel Faulkner's widow, Maureen, for more than a decade, and is uniquely qualified to help her defend her slain husband's honor as co-author of Murdered By Mumia: A Life Sentence of loss, Pain, and Injustice. Books by Michael A. Smerconish
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Justice for Daniel Faulkner Official Website
Justice for Daniel Faulkner (Summary of Case Facts)
Hudson Valley New York Chapter of the Warthogs MC
Michael A. Smerconish Official Website
Michelle Malkin ~ Challenging the Cult of Mumia Abu-Jamal
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MediaFilter.org
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OpEdNews.com
Opinion of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (October 29, 1998)
Partisan Defense Committee (PDC)
Protest Flyer (For Daniel Faulkner)
Response to Amnesty International (Michael Smerconish, Esq. and Paul Palkovic)
1982 Jury selection & Trial Transcripts / 1995, 1996, 1997 PCRA Transcripts
1998 Pennsylvania Supreme Court Findings and Opinion
2001 3rd Circuit Court Ruling Opinion (Judge William Yohn)
Justice for Daniel Faulkner
Justice for Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner
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