Mumia’s case is a primer for understanding the relationship between racism and the criminal justice system in the US.
![Abu-Jamal was arrested on December 9, 1981, for the alleged fatal shooting of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner and was convicted and sentenced to death in July 1982 in a trial riddled with constitutional violations [AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/20121149043388734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Johanna Fernandez
Johanna Fernandez is assistant professor of History at Baruch College of the City University of New York and writer and producer of Justice on Trial: The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal.
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