
On Pa.'s death row
Eleven people are on death row for killing Pennsylvania law officers, either on duty or off duty. Six of those condemned inmates are from Philadelphia:
* Mumia Abu-Jamal, 55, for the shooting murder of Officer Daniel Faulkner on Dec. 9, 1981. (Last year a federal appeals court upheld his conviction but threw out his death sentence. Prosecutors have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate the sentence and are awaiting a decision.)
Time on death row: 26 years and six months.
* Leslie Beasley, 58, for the shooting murder of Officer Ernest Davis on July 16, 1980, and the shooting murder of Keith Singleton on April 13, 1980.
Time on death row: 28 years and seven months.
* Edward Bracey, 46, for the shooting death of rookie Officer Daniel R. Boyle on Feb. 4, 1991.
Time on death row: 17 years and eight months.
* Ronald Gibson, 42, for the tavern murders of Officer Frederick Dukes and Vernae Nixon on Dec. 24, 1990.
Time on death row: 14 years and nine months.
* Bortella Borgela Philisten, 36, for the fatal shooting of Officer Robert Hayes on June 16, 1993. During the traffic stop, he also shot and critically wounded Officer John Marynowitz.
Time on death row: 14 years and nine months.
* Christopher Roney, 39, for the shooting death of Officer Lauretha Vaird during a Jan. 2, 1996, bank robbery.
Time on death row: 12 years and eight months.
- Mensah M. Dean



