The framing of Mumia Abu-Jamal / J. Patrick O'Connor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Connor, J. Patrick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trials (Murder)--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Trials (Murder).

Police murders--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Police murders.

Abu-Jamal, Mumia--Trials, litigation, etc.

Abu-Jamal, Mumia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mumia Abu-Jamal?the most famous death-row inmate in the United States?was sentenced to death in 1982 for allegedly killing police officer Daniel Faulkner. Using the preponderance of evidence to establish that Faulkner shot Abu-Jamal as he approached him and that a passenger in Abu-Jamal's brother's car, Kenneth Freeman, then killed Faulkner, this study convincingly shows how the Philadelphia Police Department and District Attorney's Office framed Abu-Jamal for Faulkner's killing. In addition, unlike any other book or article on this subject, it describes t

Contents:

December 9, 1981

The arrest

The original police version of the shooting

Frank Rizzo

MOVE

The arrest and trial of John Africa

Mumia

Pretrial hearings

The witnesses

The players

Jury selection

The trial opens

Testimony of Robert Chobert

Cynthia White's first day of testimony

White's testimony : part II

The alleged confession

Testimony of Michael Scanlan

Testimony of Albert Magilton

How Faulkner died

Judge Sabo : "I don't care about Mr. Jamal"

The defense

Witnesses for the defense

"The negro male made no comments"

Jackson's closing statement

McGill's summation

Guilty!

The sentencing hearing

The free Mumia movement

The post-conviction relief act hearings

Arnold Beverly

Mumia's own account

Was Faulkner an FBI informant?

Justice delayed

Oral arguments

Justice at last.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-56976-392-5

OCLC:

647829603