In loving
memory of Fallen Officer Daniel Faulkner
(End of Watch: December 9, 1981), we will endorse this book, ‘Murdered by Mumia: A Life Sentence of Loss, Pain, and
Injustice’:
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Murdered by
Mumia: A Life Sentence of Loss, Pain, and Injustice
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Murdered by Mumia: A Life
Sentence of Loss, Pain, and Injustice Paperback
– Bargain Price, February 24, 2009
by Maureen
Faulkner (Author), Michael
A. Smerconish (Author)
The
hardcover bestseller—now in paperback!
*
Featured
on The Today Show, The O’Reilly Factor, and The Glenn Beck
Program
Here,
from Maureen Faulkner and Michael Smerconish, is a new, paperback edition of
the recent best-selling book that definitively laid out the case against Mumia
Abu-Jamal—the onetime Black Panther sentenced to death for shooting Maureen’s
husband, Philadelphia police office Danny Faulkner, on a December night in
1981. The subject of a “Free Mumia” international anti–death penalty movement
with celebrities leading the charge, Abu-Jamal published books, delivered radio
commentaries and commencement addresses, and was named an Honorary Citizen of
France. Updated in light of the latest court decisions, Murdered by Mumia
weaves a compelling, never-before-told account of one fateful night and the
twenty-seven-year-long rewriting of history.
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
In this moving if ultimately unsuccessful memoir, Faulkner continues her fight for the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the man convicted for the 1981 killing of her husband, police officer Danny Faulkner. On the strength of eyewitness testimony, ballistics tests and his own confession at the hospital following the shooting, former Black Panther Abu-Jamal was convicted in 1982 of first-degree murder and has spent 25 years on death row in Pennsylvania. Faulkner details not only her struggle to come to terms with losing her husband at age 25 but also her attempts to counteract the support Abu-Jamal's claim of racial injustice has generated in left-wing circles across the United States and abroad. Faulkner is a staunch defender of the death penalty, especially in cases involving police casualties. She traces Abu-Jamal's numerous appeals, including the latest, currently in the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals, over whether or not a Pennsylvania judge's overturning of the death sentence is grounds for a retrial. Though Faulkner's determined struggle is compelling, her memoir (co-authored by Smerconish, a lawyer and Philadelphia columnist and radio host, and an advisor to Faulkner) awkwardly attempts to combine personal reflections with an examination of the case's legal and political details. This muddled account unfortunately doesn't do justice to an issue that deserves a close look.Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
“This is a
harrowing book, told with uncommon grace and dignity. Maureen Faulkner is an
incredible woman. The story she tells, of being denied for more than a quarter
century the dignity of burying her police officer husband in peace, is even
more incredible.”
Buzz
Bissinger -
Author of Friday Night Lights
"The Bible teaches that the truth
will set us free, but Michael Smerconish and Maureen Faulkner teach us that
even a powerful truth needs courage as its ally."
Chris Matthews - Host of Hardball with Chris Matthews and The Chris Matthews Show
Chris Matthews - Host of Hardball with Chris Matthews and The Chris Matthews Show
“Maureen Faulkner is a genuine American
heroine. While influential people garner cheap headlines with stories of
false injustice, Maureen Faulkner fights behind the scenes and in public to
preserve the good name of her husband. This is a real justice story!”
John Timoney, Miami Chief of Police
John Timoney, Miami Chief of Police
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Faulkner, wife of officer killed by Mumia Abu-Jamal, on the death penalty:
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