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Title The framing of Mumia Abu-Jamal [electronic resource] / J. Patrick O'Connor.
Author O'Connor, J. Patrick.
Publication Info. Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books, c2008.
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Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource (xiv, 274 p.)
Note Includes index.
Contents December 9, 1981 -- The arrest -- The original police version of the shooting -- Frank Rizzo -- MOVE -- The arrest and trial of John Africa -- Mumia -- Pretrial hearings -- The witnesses -- The players -- Jury selection -- The trial opens -- Testimony of Robert Chobert -- Cynthia White's first day of testimony -- White's testimony : part II -- The alleged confession -- Testimony of Michael Scanlan -- Testimony of Albert Magilton -- How Faulkner died -- Judge Sabo : "I don't care about Mr. Jamal" -- The defense -- Witnesses for the defense -- "The negro male made no comments" -- Jackson's closing statement -- McGill's summation -- Guilty! -- The sentencing hearing -- The free Mumia movement -- The post-conviction relief act hearings -- Arnold Beverly -- Mumia's own account -- Was Faulkner an FBI informant? -- Justice delayed -- Oral arguments -- Justice at last.
Summary 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.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Abu-Jamal, Mumia -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Murder) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Police murders -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights
Genre Electronic books.
Electronic books.
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Related To Print version: O'Connor, J. Patrick. Framing of Mumia Abu-Jamal. 1st ed. Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books, c2008 (DLC) 2007048384
ISBN 9781569763926 (electronic bk.)
1569763925 (electronic bk.)
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