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 …
Rally to free Mumia highlights exonerations of unfairly convicted Black men
Reprinted from https://IACenter.org, PHILADELPHIA, PA: By Joe Piette, February 2, 2020 Mumia Abu-Jamal’s supporters rallied outside Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office on Jan. 31, 2020. That day he was expected to file his response to legal briefs filed in September by Abu-Jamal’s attorneys for Post Conviction Relief Act hearings and a request to remand …
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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 …
Court ruling lets Mumia Abu-Jamal renew his appeals
Reprinted from IACenter.org, By Betsey PietteDecember 28, 2018 Demonstrations, calling on Krasner not to appeal Tucker’s decision, are scheduled outside of Krasner’s office at 3 South Penn Square, across from City Hall, on Friday, Dec. 28, 2018, at 4 p.m. and again on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019, at noon. A split ruling issued Dec. 27, …
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