Mumia Abu-Jamal
American political activist, journalist, and convicted murderer of a police officer
- Born
- 24 April 1954, Philadelphia
- Age
- 72
- Birth name
- Wesley Cook
Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook) is an American political activist, journalist and author who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1982 for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. While on death row, he wrote and commented on the criminal justice system in the United States. After numerous appeals, his death sentence was overturned by a federal court. In 2011, the prosecution agreed to a sentence of life imprisonment without parole. He entered the general prison population early the following year.
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