Tag: Mumia Abu-Jamal
By Jeralyn, Section Blog Related
Posted on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 07:32:02 PM EST
Tags: Mumia Abu-Jamal (all tags)
Posted on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 07:32:02 PM EST
Tags: Mumia Abu-Jamal (all tags)
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Some good news for Mumia Abu-Jamal today -- but not enough. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled he either has to get a new jury sentencing trial or his sentence will be life without parole, rather than death.
"The jury instructions and the verdict form created a reasonable likelihood that the jury believed it was precluded from finding a mitigating circumstance that had not been unanimously agreed upon," wrote Chief Judge Anthony J. Scirica in the 77-page opinion.
One of the judges on the panel would have granted a new trial in the guilt phase as well: [More..]
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