 Private investigator George Newman claimed in 2001 that Chobert had recanted his testimony . Commentators also noted that police and news photographs of the crime scene did not show Chobert 's taxi , and that Cynthia White , the only witness at the trial to testify to seeing the taxi , had previously provided crime scene descriptions that omitted it . Cynthia White was declared to be dead by the state of New Jersey in 1992 although Pamela Jenkins claimed that she saw White alive as late as 1997 . Mumia supporters often claim that White was a police informant and that she falsified her testimony against Abu @-@ Jamal . Priscilla Durham 's step @-@ brother , Kenneth Pate , who was imprisoned with Abu @-@ Jamal on other charges , has since claimed that Durham admitted to not hearing the hospital confession . The hospital doctors stated that Abu @-@ Jamal was " on the verge of fainting " when brought in and they did not overhear a confession . In 2008 , the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania rejected a further request from Abu @-@ Jamal for a hearing into claims that the trial witnesses perjured themselves on the grounds that he had waited too long before filing the appeal . 
 Private investigator George Newman claimed in 2001 that Chobert <a href='been_done' title='1'><mark>had</mark></a> recanted his testimony . Commentators also noted that police and news photographs of the crime scene did not show Chobert <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>taxi , and that Cynthia White , the only witness at the trial to testify to seeing the taxi , <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>had</mark></a> previously provided crime scene descriptions <a href='null_relcl' title='4'><mark>that</mark></a>omitted it . Cynthia White was declared to be dead by the state of New Jersey in 1992 although Pamela Jenkins claimed that she saw White alive as late as 1997 . Mumia supporters often claim that White was a police informant and that she falsified her testimony against Abu @-@ Jamal . Priscilla Durham <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>step @-@ brother , Kenneth Pate , <a href='null_relcl' title='6'><mark>who</mark></a>was imprisoned with Abu @-@ Jamal on other charges , <a href='been_done' title='7'><mark>has</mark></a> since claimed that Durham admitted to not hearing <a href='None' title='8'><mark>the</mark></a>hospital <a href='negative_concord' title='9'><mark>confession</mark></a> . The hospital doctors stated that Abu @-@ Jamal was " on the verge of fainting " when brought in and they did not overhear <a href='None' title='10'><mark>a</mark></a><a href='negative_concord' title='11'><mark>confession</mark></a> . In 2008 , the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania rejected a further request from Abu @-@ Jamal for a hearing into claims that the trial witnesses perjured themselves on the grounds <a href='null_relcl' title='12'><mark>that</mark></a>he <a href='been_done' title='13'><mark>had</mark></a> waited too long before filing the appeal . 
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