Sunday, February 3, 2008
Book Review Idea
Considering we have a book review to write in a few weeks I figured some of you are beginning to look for a book to read. I went to BJ's last weekend and picked up a book, Murdered by Mumia by Maureen Faulkner and Michael Smerconish. Danny Faulkner was a Philadelphia cop who was murdered in December 1981 while on duty. The man charged with the murder, Mumia Abu-Jamal was convicted and is currently on death row. However, many think he should be freed and that he did not or could not have committed the murder. I am only a few chapters into the book so far, but so far I have really enjoyed reading it and I thought I'd recommend it to anyone looking for something to read. It is interesting in that he was a local cop, so the story hits very close to home. I will warn that it is a very sad story. Just an idea for anyone looking!
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I have always wondered about that case and what all the fuss was about with freeing the man (and by fuss, I do not mean to make light of the situation but rather ask what is the basis for people believing he should be free) so thanks for the recommendation!
It sounds like a great book and it is probably very interesting hearing both sides of the story.
That book sounds interesting. I might take your suggestion and purchase this book because I am finding a hard time looking for a book. I don't read a lot of novels so I don't really know what interests me. I perfer non fiction over fiction so this might be a good choice for me. I'm considering reading Barack Obama's latest book but I'm haven't decided yet.
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