Confession Reported in Killing of Officer

A prison volunteer said that death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal, who has denied murdering a police officer, told him he regretted killing the man, Vanity Fair reported in its August issue. Philip Bloch, who befriended Abu-Jamal through his work with the prison reform organization Pennsylvania Prison Society, told the magazine he came forward because of his “disgust” with the tactics of those who believe Abu-Jamal, who is in state prison at Waynesburg, Pa., was wrongly convicted. The former Black Panther and radio reporter was convicted of killing Daniel Faulkner in Philadelphia during a traffic stop in 1981.