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LIE DETECTOR TEST CORROBORATES ARNOLD BEVERLY'S CONFESSION TO KILLING DANIEL FAULKNER . . . MUMIA ABU-JAMAL IS INNOCENT. Results of
a lie detector test given to Arnold Beverly corroborate his confession
that he shot Police Officer Daniel Faulkner, and Mumia Abu-Jamal is innocent.
This week on Tuesday, May 29, 2001, Mr. Jamal's new legal team
filed the affidavits and report
of eminent polygraph expert Charles Honts, Ph. D., who took
a polygraph examination of Arnold Beverly. (Dr. Honts is Department Head
of the Department of Psychology at Boise State University. He is the noted
authority in the field of polygraph examination. With twenty years experience
as an expert witness, he has been published extensively in numerous scientific
journals. Included with Dr. Honts' affidavits is a 37-page curriculum
vitae.) At the time
that Mr. Beverly's declaration
was filed earlier this month, the new defense team requested authorization
from the district court to depose Arnold Beverly, their own witness. The
District Attorney filed objections to the deposition. On Tuesday of this
week, the defense filed a response to the District Attorney's opposition
to the deposition of Arnold Beverly. The defense
response states, "If the District Attorney's Office believed
its own representation to the District Court and the media that Beverly's
confession is a patently outrageous story' and a lie,' they would welcome,
rather than oppose, being given the opportunity to cross-examine the witness
under oath." (A deposition is a sworn statement with a court reporter
present that offers both sides the opportunity to question the witness.) Although Arnold Beverly has admitted to the killing, Mumia Abu-Jamal, an innocent man, remains incarcerated at S.C.I. Greene on death row. The case of Mumia Abu-Jamal is currently pending in a Habeas Corpus action before Judge William H. Yohn in the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The defense team has urged Judge Yohn to grant the deposition of Arnold Beverly in their response. (html version of legal brief) For Information Contact: Marlene Kamish, 412-264-6686 OR Eliot Grossman, 626-943-1945 (Attorneys for Mumia Abu-Jamal) Transcriptions of statements/declarations: • Mumia Abu-Jamal: His description of what happened to him on the night of December 9, 1981 • Arnold Beverly: The man who has confessed to killing Faulkner. • William Cook: Mumia's brother and his account. • Terri Maurer-Carter: Court reporter who heard the original trial Judge Sabo make racist comments regarding Mumia and his trial. • Yvettte Williams has come forward saying Cynthia White, the prosecution's key witness, told her she lied in court because of police pressure (see FEB 6 Press Release) • Linn Washington: News reporter who came on the scene. • Donald Hersing: FBI informant who exposes the police corruption in Philadelphia, including police at the scene on Dec 9, 1981. •
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