Former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal was hospitalized at Schuykill Medical Center in Pennsylvania on 2012 after collapsing in prison . He was delivered 'get well ' letters from third graders in Orange , New Jersey , and high school students in the Philadelphia Student Union . The letters made Mumia 'chuckle and smile ' Critics say they 'promote a twisted agenda glorifying murder and hatred ' Mumia is serving a life sentence after years of appeals won him a reprieve from his death sentence in April 2 .
Former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal was hospitalized at Schuykill Medical Center in Pennsylvania on April 2 after collapsing in prison . He was delivered 'get well ' letters from third graders in Orange , New Jersey , and high school students in the Philadelphia Student Union . The letters made Mumia 'chuckle and smile ' Critics say they 'promote a twisted agenda glorifying murder and hatred ' Mumia is serving a life sentence after years of appeals won him a reprieve from his death sentence in 2012 .