Live From Death Row (1996)
Social Science / Discrimination, - Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General, - Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies -
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Mumia Abu-Jamal
Overview
Once a prominent radio reporter, Mumia Abu-Jamal is now in a Pennsylvania prison awaiting his state-sactioned execution. In 1982 he was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner after a trial many have criticized as profoundly biased. <i>Live From Death Row</i> is a collection of his prison writings--an impassioned yet unflinching account of the brutalities and humiliations of prison life. It is also a scathing indictment of racism and political bias in the American judicial system that is certain to fuel the controversy surrounding the death penalty and freedom of speech.