U.S. Supreme Court ruling today could bring back the death penalty for Mumia Abu-Jamal
No Death Penalty for Mumia!
From CNN
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Washington (CNN) -- The Supreme Court has tossed out a lower court
ruling that nullified the death sentence for former Black Panther Mumia
Abu-Jamal. He has been an outspoken activist from behind bars, claiming there
were procedural errors during his capital sentencing, and that too few blacks
were on the jury. Pennsylvania officials were appealing a federal court ruling
on the sentencing question that went in Abu-Jamal's favor in 2008.
The justices made their announcement Monday, ordering a federal appeals court
to revisit its earlier ruling granting a new sentencing hearing. The high court
last year denied Abu-Jamal's separate petition for a new trial.
The appeals court now has the option of re-imposing the death sentence or
ordering a new federal trial to hear other claims of injustice raised by
Abu-Jamal.
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