Message from one of Mumia Abu Jamal’s lawyer, Judy Ritter. Today the DA filed two things: A motion for permission to respond to our Reply Brief. They had to ask permission to file anything more and attach their proposed submission. It’s only on the Reid-timeliness issue. Read more. A PA Superior Court response to Maureen …
Watch updates about Mumia with Pam Africa, Dr. Johanna Fernandez, Betsey Piette & Ted Kelly
From the March 18, 2021, forum sponsored by the Prisoners Solidarity Committee of Workers World Party. Featuring Larry Holmes (Workers World), Pam Africa (pre-recorded, Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal), Dr. Johanna Fernandez (author of The Young Lords: A Radical History and assistant professor of history at Baruch College), Betsey Piette (Prisoners Solidarity Committee of …
Watch updates about Mumia with Pam Africa, Dr. Johanna Fernandez, Betsey Piette & Ted KellyRead More
What Larry Krasner the District Attorney of Philadelphia Needs to Do!
Reprinted from The Jamal Journal. By Noelle Hanrahan, P.I. J.D. Prison Radio. Weds., March 17, 2021. We ask that you examine whether you have “confidence” in this conviction. Is the record that you are defending in court something your office can stand behind given that you know prosecution and police practices were deeply flawed in …
What Larry Krasner the District Attorney of Philadelphia Needs to Do!Read More
Mumia’s Lawyers File “Reply Brief” in PA Superior Court
On Weds., March 17, 2021, Mumia’s legal team (Judith Ritter and Sam Spital) filed our reply brief in Pennsylvania Superior Court in support of Mumia’s claims in the re-opened appeals. This filing was a response to Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s position on the issues that are being re-litigated, following Judge Tucker’s ruling to reopen all appeals …
Mumia’s Lawyers File “Reply Brief” in PA Superior CourtRead More
Community Protest Condemns Krasner’s Continued Frame Up of Journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal
MONDAY, FEB. 15, 2021, COMMUNITY PROTEST TO CONDEMN DA KRASNER’S CONTINUED FRAME UP OF JOURNALIST MUMIA ABU-JAMAL Larry Krasner, Philadelphia’s so-called progressive District Attorney, filed a legal brief on Feb. 3, 2021, denying Mumia Abu-Jamal the right to prove his innocence. Following in the steps of Lynn Abraham, Ron Castille, Seth Williams, and other notoriously …
Community Protest Condemns Krasner’s Continued Frame Up of Journalist Mumia Abu-JamalRead More
Krasner Hides Evidence of Mumia’s Innocence AGAIN
Demonstrate and March, Mon., February 15, 2021, 11 am, DA Larry Krasner’s Office, 3 Penn Square, Philadelphia, PA. Larry Krasner, Philadelphia’s so-called progressive District Attorney, has filed another legal brief denying Mumia Abu-Jamal the right to present all the new evidence that could prove his innocence.
Mumia Wins: F.O.P.’S Kings Bench Petition Dismissed
Mumia Legal Case for Freedom Now Proceeds Today, the PA Supreme Court issued an Order dismissing Maureen Faulkner’s King’s Bench Petition. Here is an excerpt from the Order: “AND NOW, this 16th day of December 2020, the King’s Bench petition is hereby DISMISSED in accordance with the special master’s recommendation. The special master is directed …
Mumia Wins: F.O.P.’S Kings Bench Petition DismissedRead More
Protest PA Supreme Court ruling on Mumia’s appeal.
Fri., February 28, 2020, 4 – 6 pm, Office of Philadelphia District Attorney, 3 South Penn Square, see map, Philadelphia, PA 19107 In a blatant attempt to try and stand on the scales of justice, these judges sided with the Fraternal Order of Police’s (FOP) King’s Bench Petition requesting that the court take jurisdiction from …
Pa. Supreme Court will investigate alleged conflicts in DA Larry Krasner’s handling of Mumia Abu-Jamal’s appeals
Reprinted from The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 24, 2020, By Julie Shaw The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday said it would appoint a special master to investigate whether the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office has a conflict in its continued handling of appeals in the case of convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal. The move follows a petition filed …
New stage in the struggle to FREE MUMIA!
December 3, 2019: By Betsey Piette, Reprinted from Workers World. Political prisoner and world-renowned journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal and his supporters are closer than ever to winning his release, 38 years after he was imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. The Fraternal Order of Police, former district attorneys and other political higher-ups who participated …