Mumia Abu-Jamal is Philadelphia's Innocent Native Son
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 …
State Supreme Court to hear latest Mumia Abu-Jamal case filings.Read More
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 …
Black Lives Matter movement sparks electoral defeat for FOPRead More
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 …
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 …
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
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
Friday, March 12, 2021, 11 a.m. District Attorney Larry Krasner’s Office, 3 So. Penn Square, Philadelphia, PA – See map/directions(San Franciso demo also, scroll down) Socially Distanced Protest. Main area is mask only. Sponsored by the International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal, Mobilization 4 Mumia, and Campaign to Bring Mumia Home.
Bro. Zayid Muhammad, March 11, 2021, New York Amsterdam News. I’m going help them fry the nigger…” Judge Albert Sabo There comes a time when silence is betrayal… Martin Luther King, Jr. Imagine all National Newspaper Publishers Association Black newspapers, for example, carrying regularly featured articles as a matter of priority on all of the …
In-Person, and Virtual, Press Conference in Philadelphia 11 am: D.A. Krasner’s Office, 3 Penn Square, Philadelphia, PA. Map/directions. RSVP to LIVE stream: https://forms.gle/1Biy5U6wqyuRPaXK9 Watch: https://linktr.ee/Mumia or https://facebook.com/OfficialMumiaAbuJamal Free Mumia!! Free ’em All! #BringMumiaHome #NoDeathByMedicalNeglect #FreeMumia #FreeMaroon #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners #FreeEmAll #BLM #CovidShouldNotBeADeathSentence #LetOurEldersGo
Monday, March 1, 2021, update. Mumia’s prison administered a “rapid test” that showed he was COVID negative. However, according to the Harvard Medical School, these cheap tests are often wrong; we don’t know if Mumia has had the more reliable PCR Covid Test (and he can’t wait 3 days for a result). Regardless, the point …
Mumia might not have COVID, but still needs emergency hospital careRead More
