Mumia Abu-Jamal, Convicted Of Killing Philly Cop, Asks For New Trial

By Jasmine Payoute, CBS Philadelphia

October 26, 2022

A hearing is underway Wednesday for Mumia Abu-Jamal, who is asking for a new trial. He was convicted in 1981 for the fatal shooting of Philadelphia Police officer Daniel Faulkner.

There have been protesters outside the Criminal Justice Center in Center City all morning and it's expected to be a packed house inside the courtroom as supporters of Abu-Jamal, as well as members of the police union, watch to see if he will get a new trial.

Mumia Abu-Jamal was convicted for fatally shooting Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner in 1981. Now 68 years old, he has been in prison for four decades.

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