Daily Archives: April 26, 2011
3rd Circuit appeal ruling favoring Abu-Jamal smacks down US Supreme Court
The federal 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia, in a stunning smack at the U.S. Supreme Court, has issued a ruling upholding its earlier decision backing a new sentencing hearing in the controversial case of Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Mumia Abu-Jamal’s 1982 death sentence is again declared unconstitutional
The United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit has unanimously declared that Mumia Abu-Jamal’s death sentence is unconstitutional. In today’s decision, the Court of Appeals reaffirmed its 2008 finding that the jury was improperly instructed.