He has become one of America's most controversial and eloquent death row prisoners.' - New York Daily News

'A scathing indictment of this country's justice system from a man about to receive it's ultimate punishment. In this decade when building prisons and increasing the use of the death penalty have become popular responses to crime, Abu-Jamal's perspective is worth reading.' - Philadelphia Inquirer 'Abu-Jamal is an articulate voice at the far side of this country's great racial divide. Mumia Abu-Jamal's eloquent, scholarly, urgent dispatches teach us that we ignore those connections at our own peril.' - Adrienne Rich 'We aren't supposed to feel connected with people 'inside'-least of all those on Death Row. It rings so true because he has not overcome.' - LA Weekly 'Brilliant in its specificity and imperative, Mumia Abu-Jamal's work is about why multitudes of people don't overcome. 'An important book takes us into the bowels of hell.Abu-Jamal offers expert and well-reasoned commentary on the justice system.His writings are dangerous.' - Village Voice You cannot read it and remain unmoved.' - E.L. 'A rare and courageous voice speaking from a place we fear to know: Mumia Abu-Jamal must be heard.' - Alice Walker It is also a scathing indictment of racism and political bias in the American judicial system that is certain to fuel the controversy surrounding the death penalty and freedom of speech. Live From Death Row is a collection of his prison writings-an impassioned yet unflinching account of the brutalities and humiliations of prison life. In 1982 he was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner after a trial many have criticized as profoundly biased.

Live from Death Row is a collection of his prison writings-an impassioned yet unflinching account of the brutalities and humiliations of prison life, and a scathing indictment of racism and political bias in the American judicial system.įrom the Back Cover Once a prominent radio reporter, Mumia Abu-Jamal is now in a Pennsylvania prison awaiting his state-sactioned execution. This once prominent radio reporter was convicted for the murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner in 1982, after a trial many have criticized as profoundly biased. 'Resonates with the moral force of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter From Birmingham Jail.' - Boston GlobeĪfter twenty years on death row, Mumia Abu-Jamal was released from his death sentence. 'A rare and courageous voice speaking from a place we fear to know: Mumia Abu-Jamal must be heard.' -Alice Walker

Live from Death Row by Mumia Abu-Jamal