The March for Mumia, a 103-mile trek that aims to raise awareness for medical care in prisons, is set to arrive in Schuylkill ...
The People’s Organization For Progress (POP) will participate in a 103 mile march to draw attention to the worsening medical condition of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. It will begin Friday, ...
Seven minutes from bucolic Molly Maguire Historical Park in Frackville, Pennsylvania is the State Correctional Institution at Mahanoy. Behind the dull-grey concrete walls and razor wire, in a ...
*State attorneys in Pennsylvania urged a judge on Friday to throw out a lawsuit in which former death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal claims prison officials have shown “deliberate indifference” to his ...
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The case of convicted cop killer Mumia Abu Jamal was back in court on Monday morning. His attorneys were prepared to argue that conflicts of interest led to unfair rulings ...
Someone shot and killed officer David Faulkner early in the morning on Dec. 9, 1981. We would like to think that the courts we rely on to enforce our laws would punish the responsible parties. Well, ...
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A man serving life in prison for the 1981 murder of a Philadelphia police officer will have a hearing in court on Monday. Protesters blocked 13th Street by Filbert Monday ...
On Jan. 20, 2025, Donald Trump was inaugurated as president of the United States for the second time, ushering in an era marked by double standards around criminality, the law, and democracy. The ...
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett just signed a new law that allows convicted prisoners to be sued by their victims for “seeking publicity or money.” Corbett made a point of signing it at an infamous ...
Imprisoned former Black Panther and political activist Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was recently rushed to the hospital in diabetic shock, is still in need of urgent medical care and treatment, his friends ...
OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Oakland Unified School District is reinstating a controversial curriculum -- an optional lesson on convicted police killer Mumia Abu-Jamal. On Wednesday, new Superintendent ...
After decades of protests, marches and public appeals, prosecutors in Philadelphia announced on Wednesday they are dropping their pursuit of the death penalty for Mumia Abu Jamal, who was sentenced to ...