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I've always kind of been curious about this case; is this guy innocent or not?, but never got around to learning about it. So after reading this thread, I finally did the obligatory internet research, went to two pro-mumia sites: mumia.org, and freemumia.com, and danielfaulkner.com. I read pretty much everything everybody had to say on all three sites. Well, the jury was out for about two seconds:
1.) This worm is guilty as sin
2.) Liberals are a bunch of godless, stupid, ignoramuses
3.) French socialists are subhuman

I never followed the details of the case closely either, but last year a parent of our son's classmate had a book published in which he reviewed the case. This author is pretty much an aging hippie, who now does free-lance reporting. We see him pretty often, since our kids have some activities in common. If there were any way to paint Mumia as an innocent victim, this author would have found it.

In talking about his book, his thumbnail summary to me was that the trial had some serious irregularities, and that he thought Mumia was entitled to a new trial. He also said that based on his research and interviews, there's no way Mumia was innocent of the killing. The latter conclusion surprised me. I really didn't expect this very left-leaning writer to conclude that Mumia was a killer, but he did. Good enough for me!