Death Row Inmate’s Bid for Deposition Denied
An inmate sentenced to die for killing a Philadelphia policeman waited too long before disclosing another man’s confession in the 1981 case, a judge ruled in refusing to order testimony from the man.
Mumia Abu-Jamal, a former radio journalist and Black Panther, was convicted in 1982 of killing Officer Daniel Faulkner.
Abu-Jamal awaits an appeal and has filed an emergency motion seeking a deposition from Arnold Beverly, who claims he and another man were hired to kill Faulkner.
U.S. District Judge William H. Yohn rejected the motion Thursday, saying Abu-Jamal knew of Beverly’s claim since at least June 8, 1999, but withheld the information until May.
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