Judge Lucretia Clemons of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas repeatedly used procedural rules (like the time-bar) — rather than allowing for an examination of the new evidence — in her 31-page decision dismissing Mumia Abu-Jamal’s petition for a new trial on Oct. 26, 2022. Judge Clemons’s decision rewards the Prosecution for hiding evidence showing …
Action urged to protect state prison inmates from COVID-19 outbreak
JULIAN ROUTH, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, jrouth@post-gazette.com – Reprinted from March 19, 2020, Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Warning that an outbreak of COVID-19 in state prison facilities would signal a “death sentence” for many inmates, three legal reform groups sent a letter to Pennsylvania officials this week urging immediate action to dramatically reduce the prison population. The American …
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