Murdered by Mumia
Title | Murdered by Mumia PDF eBook |
Author | Maureen Faulkner |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 389 |
Release | 2009-02-24 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 0762799021 |
New and updated in paperback! Maureen Faulkner is the widow of police officer Danny Faulkner, infamously murdered in Philadelphia in 1981 by Wesley Cook, who goes by the name of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Although Abu-Jamal was convicted and sentenced to death in 1982, in May of 2007 his attorneys appealed his sentence once more (the federal appeals court has not yet ruled). The defendant has become an international cult figure, who has been supported by such Hollywood activists as Ed Asner, Tim Robbins, and Susan Sarandon. Faulkner and radio-host Smerconish tell the other side of the story: the widow's anguish and grief and her attempts to bring closure to her husband's murder more than 25 years later. Smerconish (who is also a lawyer) has studied the 5,000 pages of trial transcripts (transcripts Asner readily admits he has never looked at), and outlines and analyzes the issues and evidence. The case is compelling, and the reader comes away convinced – as is Smerconish – that Abu-Jamal is guilty as charged. It is a latter-day In Cold Blood.
Death Blossoms
Title | Death Blossoms PDF eBook |
Author | Mumia Abu-Jamal |
Publisher | South End Press |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 2003-07 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780896086999 |
The author, a prisoner on death-row for killing a police officer, presents a series of essays and reflections on his life and his spirituality.
Live from Death Row
Title | Live from Death Row PDF eBook |
Author | Mumia Abu-Jamal |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 1996-06-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0380727668 |
Once a prominent radio reporter, Mumia Abu-Jamal is now in a Pennsylvania prison awaiting his state-sactioned execution. In 1982 he was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner after a trial many have criticized as profoundly biased. Live From Death Row is a collection of his prison writings--an impassioned yet unflinching account of the brutalities and humiliations of prison life. It is also a scathing indictment of racism and political bias in the American judicial system that is certain to fuel the controversy surrounding the death penalty and freedom of speech.
The Framing of Mumia Abu-Jamal
Title | The Framing of Mumia Abu-Jamal PDF eBook |
Author | J. Patrick O'Connor |
Publisher | Chicago Review Press |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2008-05-01 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1569763941 |
Sentenced to death in 1982 for allegedly killing a police officer named Daniel Faulkner, Mumia Abu-Jamal is the most famous death row inmate in the United States, if not the world. This book is the first to convincingly show how the Philadelphia Police Department and District Attorney's Office efficiently and methodically framed him. It takes you step-by-step through what actually transpired on the night Faulkner was shot, including positioning each of the witnesses at the scene and revealing the identity of the killer. It also details the entire trial and fully covers the tortuous appeals process. The author, a seasoned crime reporter, writes in the language of hard facts, without hyperbole or exaggeration, unfounded accusation or finger-pointing, to reveal the truth about one of the most hotly debated cases of the twentieth century.
All Things Censored
Title | All Things Censored PDF eBook |
Author | Mumia Abu-Jamal |
Publisher | Seven Stories Press |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 2001-06-05 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9781583220764 |
More than 75 essays—many freshly composed by Mumia with the cartridge of a ball-point pen, the only implement he is allowed in his death-row cell—embody the calm and powerful words of humanity spoken by a man on Death Row. Abu-Jamal writes on many different topics, including the ironies that abound within the U.S. prison system and the consequences of those ironies, and his own case. Mumia's composure, humor, and connection to the living world around him represents an irrefutable victory over the "corrections" system that has for two decades sought to isolate and silence him. The title, All Things Censored, refers to Mumia's hiring as an on-air columnist by National Public Radio's "All Things Considered," and subsequent banning from that venue under pressure from law and order groups.
In Defense of Mumia
Title | In Defense of Mumia PDF eBook |
Author | Sam E. Anderson |
Publisher | Writers & Readers Publishing |
Pages | 396 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | African American prisoners |
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A collection of prose, poetry, and art in support of award-winning journalist and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was convicted of killing a Philadephia police officer and sentenced to death after a questionable trial.
Executing Justice
Title | Executing Justice PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel R. Williams |
Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
Pages | 446 |
Release | 2002-05-20 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780312283179 |
Mumia Abu-Jamal's defense attorney provides an account of his client's struggle for justice as he describes the 1982 conviction of the award-winning journalist for the killing of a police officer.