A federal appeals court on Thursday said former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal cannot be executed for murdering a Philadelphia police officer without a new penalty hearing.
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Abu-Jamal's conviction, but said he should get a new sentencing hearing because of flawed jury 
instructions. If prosecutors don't want to give him a new death penalty hearing, Abu-Jamal would be sentenced automatically to life in prison.
So when are we going to get some justice for Officer Daniel Faulker?
There's no doubt that Mumia killed Officer Faulkner. The only thing that Mumia has bothered to do is brainwash a bunch of idiots that he's some how the victim of racism. Let's not forget that it was Mumia who, according to witnesses, said "I shot the mother fucker, and I hope the mother fucker dies."
A .38 caliber revolver, belonging to Abu-Jamal, with five spent cartridges was retrieved at the scene. The shell casings and rifling characteristics of the weapon were consistent with bullet fragments taken from Faulkner's body.
So, despite 4 witnesses saying he did it, a weapon belonging to him has it's bullets in Officer Faulkner and two separate witnesses saying he confessed, he is somehow a victim here?
So when is Mrs. Faulkner going to see her husbands murderer get his sentence carried out? It's been almost 30 years, that is WAY too long for someone to spend on death row.
Travis
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