On Tuesday the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals told prosecutors to conduct a new sentencing hearing for the former Black Panther Mumia Abu Jamal within six months or agree to a life sentence for the infamous killer. Back in 2001 a federal judge granted Jamal a hearing based on "mitigating" circumstances surrounding jury instructions given at the 1982 proceeding. Philadelphia prosecutors fought against the ruling on behalf of the dead police officer's widow, but in 2008 the 3rd Circuit denied the district attorney's appeal.  Mumia Abu Jamal has been on death row since his 1982 conviction for the murder of a 25-year old police officer in Philadelphia. Since then the left's favorite murderer has become a cause célèbre for the Hollywood crowd. Stars like Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Godlberg, and Susan Sarandon to name a few. In addition to movie personalities he's a hero to Noam Chomsky, Van Jones, Marc Lamont Hill, Nelson Mandela, Fidel Castro and the late Howard...(Read Full Post)