Today, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office announced that it will not seek another death sentence for Mumia Abu-Jamal. Pennsylvania law now requires Mr. Abu-Jamal to be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for his controversial 1982 murder conviction in the shooting death of a police officer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Links:
[1] http://www.naacpldf.org/case-issue/abu-jamal-v-beard
[2] http://naacpldf.org/news/life-sentence-mumia-abu-jamal