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January 28, 2019

Philadelphia: DA Krasner to Challenge Ruling Allowing Mumia Abu-Jamal Appeal
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And in Philadelphia, District Attorney Larry Krasner said he will
challenge a recent ruling that would allow imprisoned former Black
Panther and award-winning journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal to reargue his
case. Abu-Jamal was convicted of the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police
officer Daniel Faulkner but has always maintained his innocence.
Abu-Jamal's lawyers argued that statements by the former chief justice
of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court about people accused of killing police
officers indicated he should have recused himself from the case. Last
month, Krasner and his team discovered six boxes of files related to
Abu-Jamal's case in an old storage room. The exact contents of the boxes
are not known to the public, but some have speculated they contain
exculpatory evidence.


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