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FILE - 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.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Mumia case poised for new hearing, reopening widow’s wounds

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Ruling keeps alive Abu-Jamal’s lawsuit over hepatitis drugs

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The Latest: Police widow decries DA over Abu-Jamal appeal

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FILE - In this July 12, 1995 file photo, Mumia Abu-Jamal leaves Philadelphia's City Hall after a hearing. The former Black Panther and death-row activist convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer will get a new appeals hearing after the city prosecutor dropped his opposition to it. Abu-Jamal is serving a life sentence after spending decades on death row in the 1981 slaying of Officer Daniel Faulkner during a traffic stop. A city judge granted him a new hearing in December 2019 after the U.S. Supreme Court said a former Pennsylvania justice who heard his appeal had a potential conflict of interest in a similar case.(AP Photo/Chris Gardner, File)

Ex-Black Panther gets new hearing in 1981 police death

By MARYCLAIRE DALE - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 12, 1995 file photo, Mumia Abu-Jamal leaves Philadelphia's City Hall after a hearing. The former Black Panther and death-row activist convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer will get a new appeals hearing after the city prosecutor dropped his opposition to it. Abu-Jamal is serving a life sentence after spending decades on death row in the 1981 slaying of Officer Daniel Faulkner during a traffic stop. A city judge granted him a new hearing in December 2019 after the U.S. Supreme Court said a former Pennsylvania justice who heard his appeal had a potential conflict of interest in a similar case.(AP Photo/Chris Gardner, File)

Mumia Abu-Jamal gets new appeals hearing in Daniel Faulkner slaying

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Prosecutor explains challenge to Mumia Abu-Jamal hearing

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Death row inmate and convicted murderer Mumia Abu-Jamal leaves Philadelphia's City Hall after a hearing July 12, 1995. The international human rights organisation Amnesty International Wednesday Aug 2 1995 repeated their call for a commutation of his death sentance.Abu-Jamal was convicted of killing a police officer in 1981. (AP Photo/Chris Gardner)

Convicted cop killer is granted another appeal, rankling Philadelphia police officers

By Paul Davis

Philadelphia prosecutor fights new Mumia Abu-Jamal appeal

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DA: New Mumia Abu-Jamal files show no sign of judge conflict

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Protestors walk on Broad Street to demonstrate for Mumia Abu-Jamal outside the offices of District Attorney Larry Krasner, Friday, Dec. 28, 2018, in Philadelphia. A judge issued a split ruling Thursday that grants Abu-Jamal another chance to appeal his 1981 conviction in a Philadelphia police officer's death. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Mumia Abu-Jamal case could return to spotlight

By MARYCLAIRE DALE - Associated Press