Ruling keeps alive Abu-Jamal’s lawsuit over hepatitis drugs

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal appeals court is keeping alive a lawsuit brought by Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer in 1981, over his lack of access in prison to hepatitis drugs.
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday upheld a lower-court decision that Corrections Department employees were not immune to being sued over their decisions regarding the 65-year-old Abu-Jamal.
Abu-Jamal says his initial denial of treatment with two anti-virial drugs