I noticed that but the text she quoted gave the impression that ballistic tests had been done:

It'd be rather unusual for no ballistics testing to have been conducted.

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I think they did ballistics tests on Faulkner's gun to conclude he shot Mumia, but they did not do ballistics tests on Mumia's gun to see if it was the gun that shot Faulkner.

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From what I've read of the case years back, the Daniel Faulkner website posted earlier and the Free Mumia sites tell completely different and contradictory pieces of evidence.

I, however, find the claims I read from a few sources that a man shot in the lung was "screaming" a confession somewhat suspect.

The Mumia supporters insist it was a .44 that killed Faulkner, but the defense's own ballistic's expert said that it was a .38 that killed Faulkner. The .44 misinformation comes from a medical examiner's quick assessment and NOT a ballisitc expert. The medical examiner said he wasn't a ballistics expert and said .44 was his best guess at the time.

Does anyone know one way or the other if Mumia represented himself or he attempted to but then the judge appointed an attorney because of disruptions or something like that. I had read that he couldn't get the representation he wanted (a guy who wasn't even a lawyer and you can't have that for capital offenses in PA) so he opted to represent himself - "a man who acts as his own lawyer has a fool for a client." Which brings about another question, perhaps for another thread - If a person chooses to represent themselves can they then complain about thier lack of representation when they don't like the verdict? Do they have any right to complain about their trial and demand a new one?

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