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Monday, October 06, 2008

Another Win for the Thin Blue Line!



WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal for a new trial for death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted in the 1981 killing of a Philadelphia police officer.

The justices did not comment on their action today, which leaves in place a federal appeals court ruling that upholds Abu-Jamal's murder conviction, but orders a new sentencing hearing.

Officer Daniel Faulkner was shot to death after pulling over Abu-Jamal's brother in an overnight traffic stop.

The case has drawn worldwide attention.

Prosecutors say Faulkner, 25, managed to shoot Abu-Jamal during the confrontation. A wounded Abu-Jamal, his own gun lying nearby, was still at the scene when police arrived, and authorities consider the evidence against him overwhelming.

Abu-Jamal, born Wesley Cook, has argued in numerous appeals that racism by the judge and prosecutors corrupted his 1982 conviction at the hands of a mostly white jury. Prosecutors, meanwhile, had appealed a federal judge's 2001 decision to grant Abu-Jamal a new sentencing hearing because of flawed jury instructions.

The Trekmedic ponders: I wonder if this will get Leftywood to stop drooling over the Obamessiah long enough to mount more useless court time?

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1 Comments:

At 12:23 AM, Blogger Bill Shaw said...

I just hope this POS will finally fade away, no longer the media darling, and die in prison, a lonely, broken man.

Here's to closure for Maureen Faulkner and the extended Faulkner family.

 

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