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Mumia Abu-Jamal

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Murderer

The Resume

    (April 23, 1954- )
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Born Wesley Cook
    Won a Peabody Award for his coverage of the Pope's visit to Philadelphia (1979)
    Convicted murderer of police officer Daniel Faulkner and sentenced to the death penalty (1981)
    Wrote 'Live From Death Row,' 'All Things Censored,' 'Death Blossoms: Reflections from a Prisoner of Conscience,' 'Faith of Our Fathers: An Examination of the Spiritual Life of African and African-American People'
    Narrator in the documentary 'Zapatista (1999)'
    The Philadelphia DA's office announced it would no longer be pursuing the death penalty against him (December 7, 2011)

Why he might be annoying:

    He's become something for liberal celebrities to show off how much 'they care.' Those celebrities include Rage Against the Machine, Martin Sheen, Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Moore, Mike Farrell and Ed Asner.
    He was convicted for first degree murder on December 9, 1981 for shooting and killing a police officer.
    He's a founding member of the Black Panther Party in Philadelphia.
    He allegedly made a confession while in the emergency room, although maintaining a plea of innocence since being convicted.

Why he might not be annoying:

    By twenty-five, he was a prominent journalist and radio broadcaster.
    Many people who were there the night of Daniel's death remember someone else shooting a gun and fleeing the scene.
    Mumia's .38 was never decisively linked to Faulkner's wounds.
    Mumia was denied the option to represent himself (reason being his dreadlocks made jurors 'nervous') and was defended by an incompetent lawyer who was later disbarred.
    Mumia was prosecuted by a DA who was later reprimanded for withholding evidence in another trial.
    The judge for the trial was a lifetime member of the Fraternal Order of Police who also sent more men to die than any other active judge in America. A fellow judge called his courtroom a 'vacation for prosecutors.'

Credit: His Name is Robert


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 35 Votes: 5.71% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3283 Votes: 47.52% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 187 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 134 Votes: 47.01% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 431 Votes: 48.03% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 218 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 417 Votes: 67.39% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 562 Votes: 84.34% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 117 Votes: 94.02% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 168 Votes: 54.76% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 507 Votes: 57.99% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 858 Votes: 51.63% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 462 Votes: 81.39% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 673 Votes: 83.06% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 1628 Votes: 67.32% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 1401 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 741 Votes: 78.68% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 355 Votes: 78.59% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 313 Votes: 75.72% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 2483 Votes: 70.28% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 1395 Votes: 70.61% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 362 Votes: 66.57% Annoying