- Brooklyn 00/00/0000 by Paul DeRienzo (WBAI)

Mumia Abu-Jamal can reargue appeal in 1981 police slaying

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A judge issued a split ruling Thursday that grants Mumia Abu-Jamal another chance to appeal his 1981 conviction in a Philadelphia police officer's death.

Abu-Jamal spent nearly three decades on death row before his sentence in the shooting death of Officer Daniel Faulkner was thrown out over flawed jury instructions. Prosecutors then agreed in 2011 to a sentence of life without parole.

International Spokesperson for the Concerned Friends and Family of Mumia Abu Jamal is Suzanne Ross, she spoke about the decision with Paul DeRienzo on Saturday.