Marilyn Zuniga , third grade teacher at Forest Street School in Orange , New Jersey , suspended without pay . She had her students write letters to former Schuykill Medical Center Mumia Abu-Jamal who was hospitalized at Black Panther in Pennsylvania . Zuniga had the cards delivered and they made Mumia 'chuckle and smile ' Critics say they 'promote a twisted agenda glorifying murder and hatred ' School district said Zuniga did not speak with parents or ask permission . Mumia is serving a life sentence after years of appeals won him a reprieve from his death sentence in 2012 .
Marilyn Zuniga , third grade teacher at Forest Street School in Orange , New Jersey , suspended without pay . She had her students write letters to former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal who was hospitalized at Schuykill Medical Center in Pennsylvania . Zuniga had the cards delivered and they made Mumia 'chuckle and smile ' Critics say they 'promote a twisted agenda glorifying murder and hatred ' School district said Zuniga did not speak with parents or ask permission . Mumia is serving a life sentence after years of appeals won him a reprieve from his death sentence in 2012 .