PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The case of convicted cop killer Mumia Abu Jamal was back in court on Monday morning. His attorneys were prepared to argue that conflicts of interest led to unfair rulings ...

Seven minutes from bucolic Molly Maguire Historical Park in Frackville, Pennsylvania is the State Correctional Institution at Mahanoy. Behind the dull-grey concrete walls and razor wire, in a ...

On Jan. 20, 2025, Donald Trump was inaugurated as president of the United States for the second time, ushering in an era marked by double standards around criminality, the law, and democracy. The ...

Abu-Jamal, convicted of the 1981 murder of a police officer, became the face of the anti-death penalty movement and a widely published commentator on the prison system. By Jennifer Schuessler ...

POLICE VICIOUSLY attacked a 500-strong march in Philadelphia for death row prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal December 8. The attack started when a woman joined the march and began calling for Mumia's execution ...

Book Asserts Black Reporter Didn’t Kill White Officer in ’81 The book, “The Framing of Mumia Abu-Jamal,” by J. Patrick O’Connor, is the latest to cast doubt on the conviction, which critics have said ...