On December 9th, 1981, Danny Faulkner was a Philadelphia police officer who was murdered by Mumia Abu-Jamal. In 1982 Mumia was afforded a trial by his peers which led to his conviction and the application of the death sentence. In 1989 the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court upheld his conviction, which they also did in 1995, 1996, and 1997. He was even given an opportunity to raise new evidence. He then moved onto the Federal courts and in 2001 the judge upheld the conviction and rejected 28 of 29 defense arguments.
And the circus continues.
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