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Live
from Death Row
Mumia Abu-Jamal, John Edgar Wideman
ISBN: 0380727668
Paperback, 188pp
Price: $12.50
BBP: $10.99
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ANNOTATION
Here for the first time are the prison writings of
Abu-Jamal--including the censored commentaries from NPR--an unflinching account
of the brutalities, humiliations and actrocities of prison life. Articulate and
compelling, the work is certain to fuel the controversy surrounding capital
punishment and freedom of speech.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Once a prominent radio reporter, Mumia Abu-Jamal is now in a Pennsylvania
prison awaiting his state-sactioned execution. In 1982 he was convicted and
sentenced to death for the murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel
Faulkner after a trial many have criticized as profoundly biased. Live From
Death Row is a collection of his prison writings-an impassioned yet unflinching
account of the brutalities and humiliations of prison life. It is also a
scathing indictment of racism and political bias in the American judicial
system that is certain to fuel the controversy surrounding the death penalty
and freedom of speech.
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