NEW YORK--Hundreds of activists gathered at Columbia University April 3 for a day-long conference and evening plenary about the case of Pennsylvania death row prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. The event was ...

A federal judge has denied a request from the former Black Panther and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal for life-saving medication that could cure his hepatitis C. Last year, Mumia sued to receive an ...

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 ...

On Saturday, his 67th birthday, supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal staged the first of two weekend rallies seeking his release from prison, where he is currently serving a life sentence for the 1981 murder ...

Demonstrators converged on the Juanita Kidd Stout Center for Criminal Justice at Filbert and 13th streets Wednesday to show support for Mumia Abu-Jamal. A Philadelphia judge said she intends to ...

A court ruling this week puts the police murder case of former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal back in the spotlight years after it drew the attention of Amnesty International, Hollywood celebrities and ...

In a rare live interview, Mumia Abu-Jamal calls into Democracy Now! as the new film, “Long Distance Revolutionary,” about his life premieres in New York City this weekend. After 29 years on death row, ...

A status report conference is scheduled Tuesday morning for Mumia Abu-Jamal, who is serving a life sentence for the 1982 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. Abu-Jamal, an activist, ...

Today, a federal district court in Pennsylvania struck down the Revictimization Relief Act, a statute that provides: [A] victim of a personal injury crime [or a ...

Get a compelling long read and must-have lifestyle tips in your inbox every Sunday morning — great with coffee! The Third Circuit Court of Appeals was correct when, on April 26th, it ruled that Mumia ...