An inmate sentenced to death for killing a police officer...

An inmate sentenced to death for killing a police officer waited too long before disclosing another man's confession in the 1981 shooting, a judge ruled in refusing to order testimony from the man. Mumia Abu-Jamal, a former radio journalist and Black Panther, was convicted in 1982 of killing officer Daniel Faulkner. Abu-Jamal has an appeal pending and filed an emergency motion seeking a sworn deposition from Arnold Beverly, who claims he and another man were hired to kill Faulkner. U.S. District Judge William H. Yohn rejected the motion, saying Abu-Jamal had been aware of Beverly's claim since at least June 8, 1999, but had withheld the information until May. Abu-Jamal blames his former lawyers for not disclosing Beverly's confession sooner. Deputy District Attorney Ronald Eisenberg said the former lawyers didn't think the confession was believable.