In that time, Abu-Jamal has become one of the most famous prisoners in the world. “He became a symbol for a lot of the flaws in the American criminal justice system,” says Linn Washington, who was an up-and-coming journalist in Philadelphia alongside Abu-Jamal and now teaches journalism at Temple University.Dec 9, 2021
For the next 30 years, Mumia was held in isolation on Death Row. He was kept there for over ten years even though a federal judge ordered his death sentence overturned in 2001.
67 years (April 24, 1954)Mumia Abu-Jamal / Age
Mumia Abu-Jamal is a 66-year-old former journalist incarcerated in a Pennsylvania state prison for the shooting death of Officer Daniel Faulkner on Dec. 9, 1981.Jun 7, 2021
A mural memorializing Daniel Faulkner, the Philadelphia police officer shot to death by Mumia Abu-Jamal in 1981, was unveiled over the weekend on the 6th Police District headquarters in Chinatown. Scores of people, mostly police officers, gathered for the mural's dedication.
Mumia Abu-Jamal, originally Wesley Cook, (born April 24, 1954, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.), American journalist and political activist sentenced to death and then to life in prison for the 1981 murder of a police officer, Daniel Faulkner, in Philadelphia.
April 24, 1954 (age 67 years)Mumia Abu-Jamal / Date of birth
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