Commonwealth of Pennsylvania V. Mumia Abu-Jamal - Timeline

Timeline

• 1981, December 9: Faulkner shot and killed.
• 1982, June 17 – July 3: Original trial of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Convicted and sentenced to death.
• 1989, March 6: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania considers and denies the appeal of the sentence.
• 1990, October 1: Supreme Court of the United States denies petition for writ of certiorari.
• 1995, June 1: Death warrant signed by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge. Suspended pending review.
• 1995–6: Post-conviction review hearings.
• 1998: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled unanimously that all issues were without merit.
• 1999, October 4: Supreme Court of the United States denied a petition for certiorari against that decision.
• 1999, October 13: Second death warrant signed by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge. It was stayed while Abu-Jamal sought habeas corpus review.
• 2001, December 18: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania upheld the conviction but voided the sentence of death. Both parties appealed.
• 2005, December 6: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit admitted four issues for appeal of the ruling of the District Court.
• 2008, March 27: Third Circuit Court upholds decision of the District Court by a 2–1 majority.
• 2008, July 22: Third Circuit Court denies petition to rehear.
• 2009, April 6: United States Supreme Court denies petition to rehear.