mumia abu jamal

I don't have a transcript of today's episode of Morning Edition on NPR, but the audio is here: (Warning: Will autoplay when loaded) http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=286646561&m=286646571&live=1 The program opens right at 00:00, with the claim, "A...

I didn't really know about this case until recently. The guy has a ton of high profile supporters, streets named after him, etc. The guy sounds guilty to me. Maybe I'm missing something.....

So almost 30 years after executing officer Daniel Faulkner, Mumia Abu Jamal's death sentence has been reduced to life in prison. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h8havjXTiK43TjdWSUSm4taWZCQw?docId=e5fddd7e67b64309b8b1bc598bf6720d Mumia's case has had idiotic celebrities, Paris...

I seem to get occasional mailings from the Leeds branch of Earth First! probably because I'm friends with some people who set up a local housing co-op. Anyway, recently this email arrived: I'm may go along to one of these to investigate, I'm not sure if I'll get into any arguments though...

On December 9th, a few hours from this writing. Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner was issuing a traffic citation to a wrong way driver who attempted to puch him. Faulkner had subdued the man with minimal violence when he was shot in the back by another man. Drawing his own weapon...