A former Black Panther and death row activist will get a new appeals hearing after being convicted for killing a Philadelphia police officer decades ago.
PHILADELPHIA — A former Black Panther and death row activist convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer decades ago will get a new appeals hearing after the city prosecutor on Wednesday dropped his opposition to it.
However, in December, Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Leon Tucker granted Abu-Jamal a new chance to argue his initial appeal after the U.S. Supreme Court said a former Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice had improperly heard a murder case he had overseen as Philadelphia district attorney. The justice, Ronald Castille, had done the same in Abu-Jamal's case.
"Although the issue is technical," said Krasner, a longtime civil rights lawyer,"it is also an important cautionary tale on the systemic problems that flow from a judge's failing to recuse where there is an appearance of bias."
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