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 …
What Happened at Mumia’s Court Date? Looking Ahead.
We need to teach the people of this city the very basics of this case. Dr. Johanna Fernandez “What we see emerging is that this lower court is taking as facts and truth the evidence and findings of the original prosecutor, the police and lower courts — corrupt to the core, who concocted, manufactured and …
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Come to Court to Support Mumia on Oct. 26th!
Bus leaving from Union Square, NYC at 6:00 am (17th St. East & Union Square East). Bus doors open at 5:30 am, come early! TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE TO BUY ON BUS. Just join us!! Weds., October 26, 2022, 9 am, Court, 1301 Filbert St., Philadelphia, PA (see map). Join us outside the courthouse in Philadelphia …
New Legal Filing in Mumia’s Case
In her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston wrote, “There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” With continued pressure from below, 2022 will be the year that forces the Philadelphia DA’s Office and the Philly Police Department to answer questions about why they framed imprisoned radio journalist and veteran Black Panther …
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 …
Philly D.A. Files Two Legal Documents
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 …
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 …
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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 …
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