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Self Defense

A new book leads Mumia to fire his legal team

By Dave Lindorff

Mumia Abu-Jamal, the black journalist and former Black Panther who has spent the past 19 years on Pennsylvania’s Death Row for the murder of a white cop, has fired his legal defense team in response to the pending publication of a book authored by one of his key attorneys. Abu-Jamal made the dramatic move on March 1 in a handwritten request… return to article

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