This week, both camps are holding separate events to mark 40 years since Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner’s shooting death and Abu-Jamal’s arrest.
The state Supreme Court is also putting a freeze on all proceedings involving Mumia Abu-Jamal’s conviction for the 1981 shooting death of Philadelphia Officer Daniel Faulkner during a traffic stop.
Back in December, a Philadelphia judge granted Mumia Abu Jamal a chance at a new appeal because a judge who heard his initial appeal had a passing involvement in the case as Philadelphia district attorney.
“It’s not fair that I have to do this, just to be slapped in the face constantly with this case, over and over and over again,” Maureen Faulkner, 62, told The Associated Press this week. “I’m in a mental prison.”
