Periodically I go back and check on Mumia Abu Jamal. Yep, still in jail [previously, I had said "on death row"]. He had far more coverage but I guess it happened before things went viral.
He's no longer on death row for what it's worth. He was moved to gen pop in 2012. Still incarcerated, but not on death row.
" In 2011, the prosecution agreed to a sentence of life imprisonment without parole. He entered the general prison population early the following year."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumia_Abu-Jamal
I read the Wikipedia article on him, and I don't see why you think he's innocent? Other than an automatic assumption of racism there's nothing in there that would make me think it was a bad trial.
This isn't a case of mistaken identity - he was shot by the person he shot. He had a gun that had been discharged 5 times.
What am I missing? What's his explanation for having fired 5 times? All I saw was a vague claim that police shot him randomly as he crossed the street.
I didn't say I think he was innocent- I have no idea. My only point was that there was a "free mumia" movement that also pointed out problems with the legal case, such that there was no airtight prosecution that would have led to the resulting death penalty.
