 On December 7 , 2011 , District Attorney of Philadelphia R. Seth Williams announced that prosecutors , with the support of the victim 's family , would no longer seek the death penalty for Abu @-@ Jamal . Faulkner had indicated she did not wish to relive the trauma of another trial , and that it would be extremely difficult to present the case against Abu @-@ Jamal again , after the passage of 30 years and the deaths of several key witnesses . Williams , the prosecutor , said that Abu @-@ Jamal will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole , a sentence that was reaffirmed by the Superior Court of Pennsylvania on July 9 , 2013 . After the press conference , Maureen Faulkner made an emotional statement harshly condemning Abu @-@ Jamal : 
 On December 7 , 2011 , District Attorney of Philadelphia R. Seth Williams announced that prosecutors , with the support of the victim <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>family , would no longer seek the death penalty for Abu @-@ Jamal . Faulkner <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>had</mark></a> indicated she did not wish to relive the trauma of another trial , and that it would be extremely difficult to present the case against Abu @-@ Jamal again , after the passage of 30 years and the deaths of several key witnesses . Williams , the prosecutor , said that Abu @-@ Jamal will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole , a sentence <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>that</mark></a>was reaffirmed by the Superior Court of Pennsylvania on July 9 , 2013 . After the press conference , Maureen Faulkner made an emotional statement harshly condemning Abu @-@ Jamal : 
On December 7 , 2011 , District Attorney of Philadelphia R. Seth Williams announced dat prosecutors , wid the support of the victim  fam , would no longer seek the death penalty for Abu @-@ Jamal . Faulkner done indicated she did not wish to relive the trauma of another trial , and that it would be extremely difficult to present da case against Abu @-@ Jamal again , after the passage of 30 years and the deaths of several key witnesses . Williams , tdaprosecutor , said that Abu @-@ Jamal will spend the rest of his life in prison without thdaossibility of parole , a sentence was reaffirmed by the Superior Court of Pennsylvania on July 9 , 2013 . After thedaess conference , Maureen Faulkner made an emotional statement harshly condemning Abu @-@ Jamal :