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beeps-n-boops t1_j0imrzx wrote

How many fucking appeals does one convicted murderer get?

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1up t1_j0iop9l wrote

This is the same appeal that's been pending. The judge is just kicking the can further down the road before making the decision.

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1up t1_j0iqjus wrote

Replying to beeps-n-boops (#948,790)

Theoretically as many as they want. A lot of people in prison will just keep filing petition after petition under the post conviction review act because they have nothing better to do with their time and the law allows it. They are almost always summarily dismissed, but the defendants are still allowed to file them.

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z10kwas3 t1_j0ixl29 wrote

Stop giving this piece of shit attention.

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B3n222 t1_j0jaeie wrote

I never understood this case. Why did Rage Against The Machine support this guy. Didn't he clearly shot a cop? Is the argument that he shot a crooked cop?

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saintofhate OP t1_j0jdvqc wrote

Replying to B3n222 (#950,207)

It's more about the nature of the trial I believe. A lot of people believe the trial was unfai. Some of the reasons given were his lawyer not doing his job, witnesses recanting/having deals that could influence their statement, and other issues. There's also the fact he was part of the black panthers at one point and that could have unfairly influenced the jury. It's a topic that draws a lot of attention and considering all the things that have come out about the ppd & DA over the decades, I don't think we'll ever get the whole story.

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saintofhate OP t1_j0jgcuw wrote

Replying to ihateminivans2 (#950,429)

According to Wikipedia:

> A .38 caliber Charter Arms revolver registered to Abu-Jamal was found at the scene next to him with five spent shell casings.[23] Tests performed with the physical evidence verify that Faulkner was killed by a .38 caliber bullet. The extracted slugs were identified as Federal brand .38 Special +P bullets with hollow bases, which matched the shell casings in Abu-Jamal's handgun retrieved at the scene. Rifling characteristics evident on the bullet fragments extracted from Faulkner's body matched those of the handgun. Anthony L. Paul, supervisor of the Firearms Identification Unit, testified that the type of bullet was rare at the time, with only one manufacturer, though he could name two other manufacturers which produced weapons bearing the same rifling characteristics.[24] Experts testified that the bullet taken from Abu-Jamal was fired from Faulkner's service weapon. George Fassnacht, the defense's ballistics expert, did not dispute the findings of the prosecution's experts.[25]

> Amnesty International, with reference to the physical evidence, has expressed the view that "the police failed to conduct tests to ascertain whether the weapon had been fired in the immediate past ... Compounding this error, the police also failed to conduct chemical tests on Abu-Jamal's hands to find out if he had fired a gun recently."[8] In a 1995 hearing, a defense ballistics expert testified that due to Abu-Jamal's struggle with the police during his arrest, such a test would have been difficult to accomplish and, due to the gunpowder residue possibly being shaken or rubbed off, would not have been scientifically reliable.[26] A note written by coroner Dr. Paul Hoyer, who autopsied Daniel Faulkner, states that he extracted a .44 caliber bullet from Faulkner. This has led to claims that Faulkner was shot by a .44 caliber rather than a .38 caliber weapon. Hoyer admitted in 1995 that this was an "intermediate note" that was not supposed to be published, and that the note had been a "lay guess" based on his own observations, that he was not a firearms expert and that he had not received any training in weapons ballistics

So while it's pretty simple, it's once again a failure of the system to cover all their bases and make the case airtight.

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Key-Ad-7228 t1_j0jnvem wrote

Daniel Faulkner's murderer appeals sentence. I opt not to give him the recognition. He also "got religion" in prison and his follower's have complained his incarceration is religious persecution. More than Rage, other celebrities have jumped on his bandwagon...Ed Answer (now deceased) and Mike Farrell to name two.

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Phillybreadman_54 t1_j0kjqey wrote

This a&@hole does this every December like clockwork to coincide with the anniversary of him murdering Dan Faulkner. He’s in jail, spared the death penalty, for life because of his own admission. It wasn’t beaten out of him, he made it handcuffed to a gurney at the hospital. There were doctors and nurses and others who heard him clearly. Burn in Hell Wesley Cook ( his actual name).

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Revolutionary_Bee700 t1_j0ma1eg wrote

What makes me sad is that there probably a bunch of actually innocent black guys in prison because the cops are shits. But this guy gets the appeals and the protestors, while real victims rot.

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starstar420 t1_j0ppzrz wrote

there’s a whole bunch of black men wrongfully convicted and currently still in jail. this dude ain’t one of them.

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