On Wednesday, a Philadelphia court was set to consider whether newly discovered evidence should prompt a new trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal, a prominent former Black Panther and journalist who has been in prison for more than 40 years for the 1981 murder of a white Philadelphia police officer.
"I was 25 when my husband was murdered," Maureen Faulkner, widow of slain officer Daniel Faulkner, said on Tuesday during an appearance with Republican Senate candidate Dr Mehmet Oz. "Tomorrow I will be out, I have to go to court again, for this case. How many years will it take to keep this man behind bars? How many years will it take for the people of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia to realize this is wrong, victims cannot go through this for so many years of their lives."
