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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10 Facts about the Mumia Abu-Jamal Case
January 21, 2014, By Johanna Fernandez. Mumia Abu-Jamal is innocent. Mumia has been wrongfully imprisoned for 41 years. He spent the first 28.5 years of his imprisonment on Pennsylvania’s death row. In 2011, his death sentence was confirmed unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court and he is now serving a sentence of “life in prison” …