on Dec. 22.
Mumia Abu-Jamal, the prison journalist long known as the “voice of the voiceless” for his compelling writings and short audio tapes, moved a step closer to getting a chance for a reconsideration of his earliest appeal of his conviction an allegedly flawed Post-Conviction Relief Act hearing in 1995 – as well as three other later PCRA appeals of aspects of his case, all ignored and their findings rejected by Pennsylvania’s appellate courts under spurious conditions.
The opening comes in the form of dismissal by the state’s Supreme Court of an attempt by Maureen Faulkner, widow of slain Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner, to use an obscure legal gambit, called a King’s Bench petition, to have DA Larry Krasner’s office removed as the legal entity defending against Abu-Jamal’s appeals. That effort, filed last February, had blocked any forward action on those appeals.
State supreme court rejects Faulkner widowâs âevidence-freeâ effort to block Mumia appeal
It s a new chance to challenge the murder conviction.
Mumia Abu-Jamal, the prison journalist
long known as the âvoice of the voicelessâ for his compelling writings
and short audio tapes about life behind bars, moved a step closer to
getting a chance for a reconsideration of his earliest appeal of his
conviction â an allegedly flawed Post-Conviction Relief Act hearing in
1995, as well as three other later PCRA appeals of aspects his case, all ignored and their findings rejected by Pennsylvaniaâs appellate courts
under spurious conditions.
The opening comes in the form of