PHILADELPHIA, April 26 (UPI) -- The jury that sentenced Mumia Abu-Jamal to death for the murder of a Philadelphia police officer was wrongly instructed, a U.S. appeals court said Tuesday.
The court ordered the state of Pennsylvania to hold a new sentencing hearing within 180 days or to sentence Abu-Jamal to life imprisonment. The three-judge panel upheld the findings of a district court judge and an appellate decision in 2008.