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PHILADELPHIA — A U.S. appeals court, acting on orders from the Supreme Court, will again review the death sentence of death-row inmate Mumia Abu Jamal. The Nov. 9 hearing could prove a setback for the convicted police-killer who has become an international cause celèbre as he awaits execution.
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2008 granted the former Black Panther a new sentencing hearing based on what it deemed were flawed jury instructions. But the Supreme Court upheld a death sentence this year in an Ohio case with similar jury issues and ordered the Philadelphia court to revisit its Abu Jamal ruling.
