Crime in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Gangs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Riots and Civil Unrest in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mumia Abu-Jamal (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: Gangs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Riots and civil unrest in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mumia Abu-Jamal, MOVE, Ira Einhorn, Mara Salvatrucha, Philadelphia Nativist Riots, Outlaws Motorcycle Club, Philadelphia crime family, Black Mafia, Gary M. Heidnik, Crips, Philadelphia general strike, Pagan's Motorcycle Club, Jamaican posse, Warlocks Motorcycle Club, 39th District corruption scandal, Boy in the Box, Lombard Street Riot, Philadelphia poison ring, The Breed Motorcycle Club, Dolores Della Penna, Polish Mob, Philadelphia Election Riot, Shower Posse, 1964 Philadelphia race riot, Crime in Philadelphia, Sex Money Murda, Philadelphia Greek Mob, Friends Stand United, Frankford Slasher, Raymond Carter, Green Street Counts, Bummers Gang. Excerpt: Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook on April 24, 1954) was convicted of the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner and sentenced to death. He has been described as "perhaps the world's best known death-row inmate," and his sentence is one of the most debated today. Before his arrest, he was an activist and radio journalist who became President of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists. He was a member of the Black Panther Party until October 1970. Since his conviction, his case has become an international cause celebre, and he has become a controversial cultural icon. Supporters and opponents disagree on the appropriateness of the death penalty, whether he is guilty, or whether he received a fair trial. During his imprisonment he has published several books and other commentaries, notably Live from Death Row (1995). Since 1995, Abu-Jamal, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections #AM8335, has been incarcerated at Pennsylvania's SCI Greene, where most of the state's capital case inmates are held. In 2008, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court...