formation gathered on Mumia Abu-Jamal by the FBI. Since joining the Black Panther Party at the age of 15 Mumia Abu-Jamal has been the target of incessant police surveillance as is shown in an FBI file recently released to the defense committee. Close scrutiny of Mumia under the eyes of the FBI and the Philadelphia police department were unable to connect Mumia to any criminal activity from the age of 15 until the debauchery we are currently discussing. It also further enforces the theory that the police had motive to pervert and suppress important findings in the case. Additionally, consider the omissions by the prosecution. Mr. Jamal was never granted a non-suggestive police line-up before witnesses that could have proven his innocence. The police never tested Mumia's firearm to see if it had recently been fired. The police never tested Mumia's hands for gunshot residue, which could have demonstrated that he hadn't fired a weapon recently. The FBI ballistics report which was created in an attempt to link Mumia's weapon to the murder was deemed inconclusive by the prosecution's ballistics expert. Further, the defense's ballistics expert has testified that additional tests could actually exclude Mumia's weapon as the murder weapon. Recently one of the officers that apprehended Mumia on the scene has been caught beating a black suspect on tape, substantiating Mumia's claim that he was beaten severely after police took him into custody. Prison officials have seized large quantities of important legal documents from Mumia Abu-Jamal further impeding his ability to raise a defense. Pathological evidence indicates that Mumia could not have possibly fired the shots that hit Officer Faulkner due to the respective trajectories of the bullets and the relative positions of the men as described by the prosecution. A copper jacket was found at the scene a few feet from Officer Faulkner's body. Neither Mumia's weapon or Faulkner's revolver are capable...
