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Thursday, 28 March 2024

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Announces It Will Investigate Alleged Conflicts Of Interest In Mumia Abu-Jamal Case

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Announces It Will Investigate Alleged Conflicts Of Interest In Mumia Abu-Jamal Case
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Announces It Will Investigate Alleged Conflicts Of Interest In Mumia Abu-Jamal Case
Joe Holden reports.

ARRESTNESS THIS CASE.INVESTIGATORS HOPESURVEILLANCE VIDEO PROVIDESSOME MORE INFORMATION.AND TODAY WE ARE HEARINGFROM MAUREEN FAULKNER'SATTORNEY AFTER THEPENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURTANNOUNCED IT WILL INVESTIGATEALLEGED CONFLICTS OF INTERESTIN THE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL CASE.THE WIDOW OF THE SLAINPHILADELPHIA POLICE OFFICERDANIEL FAULKNER WANTSPHILADELPHIA DISTRICT ATTORNEYLARRY KRASNER OFF THE CASE."EYEWITNESS NEWS" REPORTER JOEHOLDEN IS LIVE OUTSIDE D.A.'SOFFICE AND HERE TO EXPLAIN ALLTHIS FOR US, JOE.REPORTER: ATTORNEY FORMAUREEN FAULKNER WIDOW OFDANNY FAULKNER ASKED SUPREMECOURT TO STEP IN, ANDYESTERDAY, THEY GRANTED WHATIS A KNOWN AS A KING'S BENCHPETITION, LEGAL EXPERTS SAYTHAT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY MOVEOF RELIEF AND HAS MANY MEMBERSOF THE LEGAL COMMUNITY,TALKING AND RACKING.ADD TO THAT THE COURT ALSOAPPOINTED WHAT IS KNOWN AS APRECIOUS MASTER TO INVESTIGATEALLEGATIONS THAT THEPROSECUTION OF MUMIA ABU-JAMALHAS BEEN MISHANDLED, AND THATTHERE HAVE BEEN CONFLICTS.THE SPOKESPERSON FOR D.A.LARRY KRASNER SAYS THE OFFICECOULD NOT COMMENT ON PENDINGLITIGATION, IN A PREVIOUSFILING THE D.A.'S OFFICECALLED THE FILING FOR A KING'SBENCH INTERVENTION, BASELESS.THE FOP CALLS THE DEVELOPMENTA BIG DEAL.IT IS THEIR PETITION ALLATTEMPTS TO FREE MUMIA SHOULDBE ENDED SAYING THE CONVICTEDCOP KILLER FAMILY HAS ENDURED39 YEARS OF APPEAL ATTEMPTS.LAWYERS AND SUPPORTERS OF THEMUMIA ABU-JAMAL HAS CLAIMEDHIS CASE WAS MISHANDLED BYD.A.'S OFFICE LONG AGO UNDERRON CASTILLE WHO LATER ROSE TOTHE STATE SUPREME COURT ANDNEVER REACCUSED HIMSELF WHILEABU-JAMAL APPEALED HISCONVICTION.CASE BENCH HALTS HIS APPEALEFFORTS.ATTORNEY GENERAL MCKENNAREPRESENTS MAUREEN FAULKNERAND FILE THE MATTER BEFORE THESUPREME COURT.WHAT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHTIS KNOWING THAT THERE IS JUSTBEEN AN UNRELENTING EFFORT TONOT SO MUCH FREE MUMIAABU-JAMAL, I THINK THE EFFORTIS TO BRING TO LIGHT CIVIL ORCRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM ANDTHEY ARE MERELY USING MUMIAABU-JAMAL AS A PAWN OR AVEHICLE TO AIR THEIRPHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH.THAT IS A TOUGH CRITICISM?THAT IS A TOUGH CRITICISM.I'M FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICEREFORM AS WELL BUT YOU HAVE TOPICK THE RIGHT CASE.THIS IS THE WRONG CASE.THIS IS A STONE CALLEDMURDERER WHO BRAGGED ABOUT ITAT THE TIME AND AFTERWARDS,WHO KILLED A LAW ENFORCEMENTOFFICIAL WHO IS SIMPLY DOING AJOB.REPORTER: GEORGE EXPECTSTHE SUPREME COURT TO HOLD AHEARING ON THE MATTER.LEGAL EXPERTS SAY IT IS,IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT, ABOUTTHE ALLEGATIONS, OF A CONFLICTOF INTEREST HERE, IT IS,STAYING THE MATTER AND NOTACTUALLY MAKING AN OPINION.IT IS DEFERRING JUDGMENT ONTHOSE ALLEGATIONS.I'M BACK AT 5:00 WITH MORE.LIVE OUTSIDE D.A.'S OFFICE IN

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