On Dec. 9, 1981, award-winning journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal was arrested for the murder of Daniel Faulkner, a Philadelphia police officer. His case has generated unprecedented attention both nationally ...

Abu-Jamal supporters have also called for him to be released over medical issues. Madusa Carter joined a rally outside the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia during a hearing on Oct. 26, 2022 to ...

Mumia Abu-Jamal has been behind bars for 42 years now. He is serving a life sentence for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner.

Hearing for Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted in officer's 1981 death, set for Wednesday His death penalty sentence was overturned by a federal court, and in 2011, he was re-sentenced to life in prison.

Forty years ago Thursday, Philadelphia journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal was arrested and charged with the shooting death of 25-year-old Daniel Faulkner, a city police officer.

Abu-Jamal was born Wesley Cook in Philadelphia in 1954. As a teenager, he co-founded a local chapter of the Black Panthers, which advocated socialism, Black nationalism and armed self-defense.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8 -- Several hundred supporters of death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal rallied today for his release, marking the 20th anniversary of the shooting of a police officer.

Abu-Jamal spent 40 years in prison and became a prolific writer, criticizing the prison system. Recently, he has contracted COVID-19 while in prison and may be on the verge of death if he does not ...

During his incarceration Abu-Jamal has had some health issues. He had double bypass surgery in March 2020, renal failure in 2017, after-effects of COVID-19 and hepatitis C.

An exhibit titled “ Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Portrait of Mass Incarceration,” will be displayed across campus in the John Hay Library, the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, the Center for the Study of Race ...

Just last month, Abu-Jamal supporters rallied outside the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office demanding Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf release the 66-year-old and all incarcerated people over ...

A collection of letters and papers from Mumia Abu-Jamal are the focus of a research collection from Brown University's John Hay Library, aiming to present first-person accounts of mass ...