Audio link: https://prisonradio.org/commentary/for-wadiya/ December 30, 2022, By Mumia Abu-Jamal, Reprinted from Prison Radio Project. Wadiya Jamal, my beloved. She was a spring baby, born in the first week of April 1953. A West Philly girl whose beauty made her shine in a crowd. She loved fiercely like a lion.This love blessed the lives of five …
Results of Critical hearing for Mumia Abu-Jamal
Summary of events and legal happenings on Friday, December 16, 2022. By Betsey Piette, December 16, 2022, Reprinted from Workers.org. Dec. 16 — Supporters and family of Pennsylvania political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal filled the courtroom and demonstrated outside the Philadelphia Criminal Justice Center today. All were asking whether Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Lucretia …
Pennsylvania Superior Court rejects Mumia Abu-Jamal’s latest appeal
October 27, 2021, By Kristen Johanson, KYW Newsradio. PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — The Pennsylvania Superior Court has quashed Mumia Abu-Jamal’s latest effort for an overturned conviction and new trial — nearly 40 years after he was convicted of killing Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner. The high court said Abu-Jamal’s appeal was untimely, adding that the …
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State Supreme Court to hear latest Mumia Abu-Jamal case filings.
The state Superior Court ruled Thursday that it lacked jurisdiction to hear Abu-Jamal’s latest challenge of his conviction and life sentence for the 1981 traffic stop death of Officer Daniel Faulkner. Easy-To-Understand Article. May 20, 2021, By Johanna Fernández, PhD. This is the latest development in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal. The Superior Court of …
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Black Lives Matter movement sparks electoral defeat for FOP
May 27, 2021, By Betsey Piette, Workers World. For decades, the endorsement of the powerful Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police was sought by almost every candidate running for office in the city and throughout Pennsylvania. Through the power of its purse strings, the FOP has been able to fill the courts with judges who favor …
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Philly DA Larry Krasner’s big win is a huge loss for the police union that tried to stop him
Krasner’s resounding victory over Carlos Vega was an emphatic marker of the rapid decline of the FOP’s political brand. May 20, 2021, By Sean Collins Walsh, Chris Brennan, and Julia Terruso, Reprinted from The Philadelphia Inquirer (original link). After voting for Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, Jesse Vincent walked out of his Mount Airy polling place and said …
If Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Case Is a ‘Non-Issue,’ Why Have Media Gone to Such Lengths to Silence Him?
May 1, 2021, By Janine Jackson, Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR), Reprinted from https://FAIR.org/. Philadelphia public broadcaster WHYY (4/24/2021) was one of the few outlets to report on an April 24 rally seeking the release from prison of Mumia Abu-Jamal. The story included important information on Abu-Jamal, who is serving a life sentence for …
Birthday events in Philadelphia say: Let Mumia OUT
April 26, 2021, By Marie Kelly, Reprinted from Workers World. An international coalition of groups supporting Mumia Abu-Jamal held events April 23-25, 2021, to commemorate his 67th birthday (April 24) and call for his freedom. Mumia has been unjustly incarcerated for nearly 40 years. His health has deteriorated due to the harsh conditions he has …
The Only Treatment is Freedom: Mumia Abu-Jamal and COVID
Johanna Fernández, author of The Young Lords: A Radical History and a leading member of the movement to bring Mumia Abu-Jamal and other political prisoners home, reports on Mumia’s COVID-19 diagnosis.
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Short film “Murder By Progressive Medical Neglect”
This is a fantastic hate5six short film about the generational and ancestral obligation to do what’s right. It’s produced in memory of Phil, Merle and Delbert Africa of the MOVE 9, all of whom were murdered by medical neglect within the prison system. Using a combination of archival footage and coverage from the March 12, …