On the recordDecember 6, 2006
As you know, Mumia Abu-Jamal has proclaimed his innocence for nearly a quarter century. He has always denied firing the shots that resulted in the death of police officer Daniel Faulkner on December 9, 1981. His defenders, as well as the movements and associations that have rallied on his behalf, have accumulated a considerable number of elements that justify his request for a new trial. These have largely highlighted the unfair nature of the investigation: the lack of ballistics tests, the failure to take fingerprints, the failure to secure the area and perform other tests. It seems that important witnesses were bribed, excluded or intimidated. Several police reports were contradictory.
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