Mumia Hearing Cancelled, Stay Tuned for Update on Action of Feb. 11th!
Ona MOVE!
Judge Pamela Dembe cancelled Mumia's scheduled Feb. 11th court hearing. Her reasoning was explained by Mumia's attorney, Robert Bryant:
"Judge Pamela Dembe, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia, has ordered briefing by February 15 on the issue of whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's recent decision in Commonwealth v. Johnson, 2004 Pa. LEXIS 3118, "speaks to the jurisdiction of the Court to proceed in defendant's third PCRA petition." This is disturbing since the court's preliminary interpretation of the Johnson case appears to be wrong, for it does not prevent her from granting us a hearing on two issues of great significance relating to the unfairness of the trial. There is no new law in Johnson, rather it is just the application of long-established law to the facts of Mumia's case."
Legally, canceling a hearing at this late date is not the norm, but Mumia's case has consistently been subject to rule bending against him. Dembe should be pressured to do right by Mumia. Call her and demand that Mumia's hearing be reinstated, with him present, to let the evidence be heard and ultimately release him! phone 215-683-7148
fax 215-683-7150We previously scheduled a meeting to organize for the hearing. This meeting will go ahead as planned: tomorrow, Wednesday January 12th, 7 pm, at the AFSC (Cherry and 15th). We need your presence at the meeting! There will still be an action on Feb. 11th to keep the pressure on! There is even more work ahead of us now-- to attack Dembe and her contemporaries flagrant disregard for justice and most importantly to press forward for Mumia's freedom at this critical juncture!
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