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-redacted_- t1_itwfiqn wrote

Reply to comment by RexxAppeal in Hearing for Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted in officer's 1981 death, set for Wednesday by electric_ranger

> reasonable doubt that his gun was the murder weapon

This Baltimore Sun article states, “the Philadelphia Police Department's own medical examiner concluded that the officer's fatal head wound was made by a .44 caliber bullet. Mumia Abu-Jamal's pistol was a .38 caliber.”

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RexxAppeal t1_itxdiog wrote

A lot other sources say that 44 Cal was an estimate noted during the exam, not a conclusion on the report.

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-redacted_- t1_itxzzyz wrote

That is certainly interesting if it’s true. I’m genuinely curious to see a link to a source with that information, as I’ve been looking and haven’t turned up anything reliable.

That being said I think it’s important to note that if the bullet found in Faulkner was in fact .38 caliber, ballistics was still unable to link that round to Mumia’s gun. The burden of proof should have been on the prosecution to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the bullet came from his gun, and the common denominator of a .38 caliber round doesn’t do that.

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Indiana_Jawnz t1_iu2p5q1 wrote

The .38 caliber gun on the ground with spent cases in it next to mumia, who was wearing a holster for it, with a bullet from the cop lodged in him, sure seems pretty conclusive

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