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Framing of Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Title:
Framing of Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Author:
O'Connor, J. Patrick.
ISBN:
9781569763926
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (289 pages)
Contents:
Front Cover -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: A Cause Celebre -- 1 December 9, 1981 -- 2 The Arrest -- 3 The Original Police Version of the Shooting -- 4 Frank Rizzo -- 5 MOVE -- 6 The Arrest and Trial of John Africa -- 7 Mumia -- 8 Pretrial Hearings -- 9 The Witnesses -- 10 The Players -- 11 Jury Selection -- 12 The Trial Opens -- 13 Testimony of Robert Chobert -- 14 Cynthia White's First Day of Testimony -- 15 White's Testimony, Part II -- 16 The Alleged Confession -- 17 Testimony of Michael Scanlan -- 18 Testimony of Albert Magilton -- 19 How Faulkner Died -- 20 Judge Sabo: "I Don't Care About Mr. Jamal" -- 21 The Defense -- 22 Witnesses for the Defense -- 23 "The Negro Male Made No Comments" -- 24 Jackson's Closing Statement -- 25 McGill's Summation -- 26 Guilty! -- 27 The Sentencing Hearing -- 28 The Free Mumia Movement -- 29 The Post-Conviction Relief Act Hearings -- 30 Arnold Beverly -- 31 Mumia's Own Account -- 32 Was Faulkner an FBI Informant? -- 33 Justice Delayed -- 34 Oral Arguments -- 35 Justice at Last -- Index.
Abstract:
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 the overarching role in the case that then-mayor Frank Rizzo and a small, radical, back-to-nature cult called MOVE played.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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