Martin Luther King Jr.
Mumia Abu-Jamal seeks help from the United Nations to either release him or bring pressure to force a new trial
By Frederick H. Lowe Mumia Abu-Jamal’s lawyers are seeking a retrial, commutation, or release for Abu-Jamal, who has been in prison since 1981 for allegedly killing a Philadelphia cop. Abu-Jamal, a former reporter with whom I once worked, has exhausted his appeals in the United States courts and is taking his case to the United…
Read MoreWoman arrested attempting to burn down Martin Luther King Jr.’s boyhood home
Atlanta police arrested Laneisha Shantrice Henderson for pouring gasoline on Martin Luther King Jr.’s childhood home and attempting to burn it down before tourists visiting from Utah stopped her and held her for police. Henderson, 26, was arrested and charged with 2nd-degree attempted arson when she poured gasoline on the home at 501 Auburn Ave.,…
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