Murdered by Mumia: A Life Sentence of Loss, Pain, and Injustice » (Bargain)

Michael Smerconish is the host of the top-rated drive-time radio show in Philadelphia on CBS Radio’s The Big Talker (1210 AM WPHT) and the author of the forthcoming Morning Drive. He has appeared on nationally televised news programs and is a columnist for both the Philadelphia Daily News and Philadelphia Inquirer.

 

Maureen Faulkner is the widow of Danny Faulkner. She lives in Thousand Oaks, California.

Maureen Faulkner is the widow of police officer Danny Faulkner, infamously murdered in Philadelphia in 1981 by Wesley Cook, who goes by the name of Mumia Abu-Jamal.  The defendant has become an international cult figure, who has been supported by such Hollywood activists as Ed Asner, Tim Robbins, and Susan Sarandon. Faulkner tells the other side of the story: the widow's anguish and grief and her attempts to bring closure to her husband's murder more than 25 years later.  For author events and more information about this never-before-told account, go to murderedbymumia.com. 

Foreword   Michael A. Smerconish, Esq.     vii
The Premonition     1
The Knock     4
With His Boots On     17
Facts     22
Spin     26
The Trial     29
Danny and Me     50
Time To Rebuild     67
The Yale Law Journal     72
Radio Waves     78
Harrisburg     87
Tom Snyder     94
Murderer's Manuscript     97
Washington     101
California Dreamin'     106
Paul     109
Tom Ridge     119
Hollywood and the New York Times     121
The 1995 PCRA Hearing     129
American Lawyer Magazine     148
The Bruderhof     161
HBO     167
The 1996 PCRA Hearing     179
Temple Radio     189
Santa Cruz     192
The 1997 PCRA Hearing     198
A San Francisco Treat     203
KGO-TV     207
The New York Times Ad for Danny     216
Hollywood's Unlikely Hero     223
The Oakland Teach-In     233
Rage Against the Machine     235
Mumia Money     241
Philip Bloch     246
Amor Patriae Ducit     252
Hog Wild     257
Back to School     260
Cheesesteaks and Joey Vento     264
Berkeley Book Burning     267
Gerald Nicosia     270
Judge Yohn's Decision     272
The French     277
The O'Reilly Factor     283
Tookie and the Terminator     287
Twenty-fifth Anniversary: Gone but Never Forgotten     290
Acknowledgments     302
Appendix     307
Endnotes     321
Index     341