The freedom of Mumia Abu-Jamal is my purpose. “At this point in my life, he’s my purpose. “To me, he’s just this goofy dude who likes to tell jokes,” Hart said. When asked what people would be surprised to know about his grandfather, Hart said his grandfather is a “massive comic book dork.” Since being incarcerated, he has published several books, including his prolific memoir “Live from Death Row” published in 19’s “Have Black Lives Ever Mattered?” Hart went on to describe his grandfather as an “academic.” Before his incarceration, Abu-Jamal was a radio journalist who served as president of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists, landing interviews with famed writer Alex Haley and acclaimed artist Bob Marley in 1979. The legal facts would have got anyone else off – except for Mumia Abu-Jamal. This case is 90% political and 10% legal. “Him being because of corruption feels like a vendetta more so than a legal case. “He’s been crushed by this ruling and is trying his best to stay above ground,” Hart said. Jamal Mumia Hart III with his grandfather Mumia Abu-Jamal in 2022 at Pennsylvania State Prison SCI Mahanoy, Courtesy Photo

The Neighbor Program, the Pan-African Socialist organization that hosted Free Mumia Day, provides education through its Political Prisoners Program on incarcerated activists still seeking justice. Requests for a new trial have been denied as recently as March when Judge Lucretia Clemons dismissed evidence alleging key witnesses were bribed or coerced. In 2011, Abu-Jamal was resentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after the prosecution stopped its pursuit of execution. The high-profile 1982 court case, in which Abu-Jamal was convicted and sentenced to death, has drawn scrutiny over claims of police, prosecutorial and judicial bias and misconduct.Īfter almost two decades on death row, a federal judge in 2001 denied his request for a new trial but overturned the death sentence and granted him a resentencing after finding jurors were given incorrect instructions.

The altercation left Abu-Jamal shot in the chest and Faulkner fatally shot in the back and head. 9, 1981, an altercation occurred between Abu-Jamal, his brother William Cook, and police officer Daniel Faulkner.

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