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On Thursday, March 27, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision upholding Mumia Abu-Jamal’s frame-up conviction. In turning down Mumia’s appeal for a new trial, the Court ordered a new sentencing hearing to decide whether he is again to be sentenced to die or condemned to the living death of life in prison. The Court’s decision is another slap in the face to all opponents of racist injustice. Recalling the infamous Dred Scott decision, the Court has again declared that a fighter for black freedom like Mumia has no rights that the courts are bound to respect. A former Black Panther Party spokesman, MOVE supporter and renowned journalist, Mumia is an innocent man, framed up for his political beliefs. He should never have spent a day in prison. There must be mass protests, centered on labor’s power, to demand his freedom now. |
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Raise Funds! Send money directly to the Committee to Save Mumia Abu-Jamal, P.O. Box 2012, New York, NY 10159. Make checks payable to “National Lawyers Guild Foundation” earmarked “Mumia.” Organize Protest! Pass motions in your unions, campus, community and religious organizations demanding Mumia’s freedom. Get your union or organization to make a contribution and join rallies and protests for Mumia. Publicize Mumia’s case in your union or organization’s newsletter. See the sample resolution below. See also a partial list of those who have signed the PDC statement to free Mumia Abu-Jamal Siehe deutsche Version. Contact the PDC for copies of our pamphlet, The Fight to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal. This 48-page pamphlet arms activists in the struggle for Mumia’s freedom with the explosive evidence which
completely destroys the more than two-decades-long frame-up of this eloquent fighter for black freedom. It is available for $1. Pledge Your Support!
Mumia Abu-Jamal’s appeal is now on the “fast track” in the federal appeals court and the state is determined to carry out his execution. Mumia Abu-Jamal is an innocent man. A former Black Panther Party spokesman, supporter of the MOVE organization and award winning journalist known as the “voice of the voiceless,” Mumia was framed up in 1982 on false charges of killing a Philadelphia police officer. Sentenced to death based on his political history and beliefs, Mumia has spent 24 years on death row for a crime he did not commit. The frame-up of Mumia Abu-Jamal shows what the death penalty is all about. It is a legacy of chattel slavery and a barbaric outrage, it is the lynch rope made legal. The case of Mumia Abu-Jamal exemplifies the race and class bias of the U.S. justice system against workers, black people, the poor and all the oppressed. The notorious trial judge, Albert Sabo was overheard at the time promising, “I’m going to help ’em fry the n----r.” Racist jury-rigging, false testimony coerced through police threats, and prosecutorial cover-up were the basis for Mumia’s conviction. Both the Pennsylvania state courts and the federal courts have refused to consider the reams of documented evidence that prove Mumia’s innocence. Foremost is the sworn confession of Arnold Beverly that he, not Mumia, shot and killed the police officer, and that Mumia had nothing to do with the shooting. We stand with the millions around the world—workers, students, death penalty abolitionists, fighters for black rights and immigrant rights, socialists—who have taken up the fight to free Mumia Abu-Jamal now! An injury to one is an injury to all! I/We demand: Free Mumia Abu-Jamal now! Abolish the racist death penalty!
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