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A now-deleted tweet by Philadelphia District Attorney spokesperson Jane Roh has outraged Maureen Faulkner, the widow of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner, whom Mumia Abu-Jamal was convicted of murdering in a 1981 shooting. Faulkner, now a California resident, was in Philadelphia on Friday to lead a protest against Philly DA Larry Krasner’s involvement in Abu-Jamal’s ongoing appeal for his 1982 conviction

Last year, Harry Reid invoked the nuclear option in the Senate in order to get Barack Obama’s appointees confirmed over Republican opposition. His latest appointee might be doomed anyway. Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA) announced on Friday that he will oppose the confirmation of Debo Adegbile to run the Civil Rights Division at Justice on account of Adegbile’s activism for convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal: Sen. Bob Casey (D., Pa.) said Friday he will vote against Senate confirmation of Debo Adegbile, an Obama administration nominee who has been criticized for his role in trying to overturn the death sentence of Mumia Abu-Jamal,...

8,000 Days And Counting: Justice Delayed In Abu-Jamal Case   (07 December 2003 13:42) Written by By Linn Washington Jr. After thirty years of doing death penalty litigation, San Francisco attorney Robert R. Bryan is not surprised to find cases ridiculed with misconduct by authorities intent on securing convictions irrespective of evidence of innocence. By Linn Washington Jr.(Special to TBWT)        After thirty years of doing death penalty litigation, San Francisco attorney Robert R. Bryan is not surprised to find cases ridiculed with misconduct by authorities intent on securing convictions irrespective of evidence of innocence.        However,...