FILE PHOTO: In this April 30, 2018 file photo Maureen Faulkner, the widow of slain Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner, speaks with members of the media after a hearing for Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted in the 1981 murder of her husband, in Philadelphia. The city of Philadelphia is poised to revisit one of its most contentious murders as prison activist Mumia Abu-Jamal fights for another day in court in a 1981 police slaying. Maureen Faulkner fears she will never find closure in the criminal justice system after nearly 40 years. She filed a petition Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019 to get Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office recused from the case after Krasner failed to oppose Abu-Jamal’s bid for a new court hearing.
FILE PHOTO: In this April 30, 2018 file photo Maureen Faulkner, the widow of slain Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner, speaks with members of the media after a hearing for Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted in the 1981 murder of her husband, in Philadelphia. The city of Philadelphia is poised to revisit one of its most contentious murders as prison activist Mumia Abu-Jamal fights for another day in court in a 1981 police slaying. Maureen Faulkner fears she will never find closure in the criminal justice system after nearly 40 years. She filed a petition Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019 to get Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office recused from the case after Krasner failed to oppose Abu-Jamal’s bid for a new court hearing.
(Harrisburg) — Pennsylvania’s highest court is appointing someone to look into police widow Maureen Faulkner’s request to remove the Philadelphia district attorney’s office from the case of the man convicted of killing her husband.
The state Supreme Court is also putting a freeze on all proceedings involving Mumia Abu-Jamal’s conviction for the 1981 shooting death of Philadelphia Officer Daniel Faulkner during a traffic stop.
The 65-year-old Abu-Jamal is serving life in a state prison.
Maureen Faulkner wants the attorney general’s office to take over the appeals.
She argues that the Philadelphia district attorney has conflicts of interest.
The prosecutor’s office has said the high standard for removing an elected district attorney has not been met.
