![]() It is also a scathing indictment of racism and political bias in the American judicial system that is certain to fuel the controversy surrounding the death penalty and freedom of speech. Live From Death Row is a collection of his prison writings-an impassioned yet unflinching account of the brutalities and humiliations of prison life. ![]() In 1982 he was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner after a trial many have criticized as profoundly biased. Live from Death Row is a collection of his prison writings-an impassioned yet unflinching account of the brutalities and humiliations of prison life, and a scathing indictment of racism and political bias in the American judicial system.įrom the Back Cover Once a prominent radio reporter, Mumia Abu-Jamal is now in a Pennsylvania prison awaiting his state-sactioned execution. ![]() This once prominent radio reporter was convicted for the murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner in 1982, after a trial many have criticized as profoundly biased. ![]() "Resonates with the moral force of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter From Birmingham Jail." - Boston GlobeĪfter twenty years on death row, Mumia Abu-Jamal was released from his death sentence. "A rare and courageous voice speaking from a place we fear to know: Mumia Abu-Jamal must be heard." -Alice Walker ![]()
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