MUMIA DENIED NEW TRIAL, NEW SENTENCING HEARING GRANTED - FRIDAY PROTESTS in NYC, SAN FRANCISCO , OAKLAND, SAN DIEGO

New York City:

The International Action Center supports this emergency demonstration and urges everyone who can to join this protest tomorrow at 5 pm:

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THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS HAS RULED AGAINST A NEW TRIAL FOR MUMIA ABU-JAMAL.  THEY HAVE CALLED FOR A SENTENCING HEARING WHICH CAN RESULT IN EITHER AN EXECUTION OR LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE.

DAY AFTER PLANS ARE IN EFFECT

WE WILL BE PROTESTING THIS DEVESTATING DECISION IMMEDIATLY!

TOMORROW (FRIDAY) 3/28
NEW YORK CITY
ADAM CLAYTON POWELL STATE OFFICE BUILDING
(125th STREET AND ADAM CLAYTON POWELL JR BLVD)
5PM

AT 7:15PM THERE WILL BE AN ORGANIZING MEETING AT SAINT MARY'S CHURCH ON 126 STREET BETWEEN OLD BROADWAY AND AMSTERDAM

THERE WILL BE A MASSIVE PROTEST IN PHILADELPHIA ON APRIL 26

MORE INFORMATION WILL BE POSTED PROMPTLY!
SPREAD FAR AND WIDE!

MOBILIZE FOR MUMIA'S LIFE!

FREE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL AND ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS!

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San Francisco and Oakland:

THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS HAS RULED AGAINST A NEW TRIAL FOR MUMIA ABU-JAMAL.  THEY HAVE CALLED FOR A SENTENCING HEARING WHICH CAN RESULT IN EITHER AN EXECUTION OR LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE.

Please join the demonstration on behalf of our brother, Mumia, and his struggle for justice. Demonstrate your appreciation for his contribution to the struggles for freedom, liberation, and truth through his journalism.

Protest Friday, March 28!

 

MUMIA ABU-JAMAL IS INNOCENT!

In San Francisco:

5 PM
FEDERAL COURT HOUSE
7TH AND MISSION STREETS
Info: 510-268-9429 or 510-387-7714


In Oakland:
14th and Broadway, near the Federal Building
4:30 to 6:30 PM
info at (510) 839-0852 or pdcbayarea@sbcglobal.org

 

World-renowned journalist, death-row inmate and political prisoner Mumia
Abu-Jamal is completely innocent of the crime for which he was convicted.
Mountains of evidence--unheard or ignored by the courts--shows this. He is a
victim, like thousands of others, of the racist, corrupt criminal justice
system in the US; only in his case, there is an added measure of political
persecution. Jamal is a former member of the Black Panther Party, and is
still an outspoken and active critic of the on-going racism and imperialism
of the US. They want to silence him more than they want to kill him.

Anyone who has ever been victimized by, protested or been concerned about
the racist travesties of justice meted out to Blacks in the US, as well as
attacks on immigrants, workers and revolutionary critics of the system,
needs to take a close look at the frame-up of Mumia. He is innocent, and he
needs to be free.

FREE MUMIA NOW!

END THE RACIST DEATH PENALTY!

FOR MASS PROTESTS AND LABOR ACTION TO FREE MUMIA!

In 1995, mass mobilizations helped save Mumia from death.

In 1999, longshore workers shut West Coast ports to free Mumia, and teachers
in Oakland and Rio de Janeiro held teach-ins and stop-works.

Mumia needs powerful support again now. Come out to free Mumia!
The Labor Action Committee To Free Mumia Abu-Jamal
PO Box 16222, Oakland CA 94610
510.763.2347
LACFreeMumia@aol.com

For Immediate Release
For further information call: Jeff Mackler, Director
510-268-9429 or 510-387-7714
jmackler@lmi.net
The Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal
P.O. Box 10328
Oakland, CA 94610

The U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT REJECTS ALL APPEALS FOR
INNOCENT DEATH ROW INMATE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL

STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA ORDERED TO HOLD NEW SENTENCING HEARING WITHIN 180
DAYS. IN SUCH A HEARING JURY'S DECISION WILL BE LIMITED TO A FINDING OF LIFE
IMPRISONMENT OR EXECUTION BY LETHAL INJECTION

JURY PROHIBITED FROM FINDING OF INNOCENCE

LOCAL PROTESTS SET FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 28 FOLLOWED BY NATIONAL PROTEST APRIL
19 (SAN FRANCISCO) AND APRIL 26 (PHILADELPHIA).

"THE DECISION OF THE THIRD CIRCUIT IS A TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE," SAID JEFF
MACKLER, DIRECTOR OF THE MOBILIZATION TO FREE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL. "DESPITE
MASSIVE EVIDENCE OF INNOCENCE THE COURT REJECTED OUR DEMAND FOR A NEW TRIAL
WHERE THE TRUTH COULD BE HEARD FOR THE FIRST TIME."

In a shocking decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
rejected all Mr. Jamal's demands for a new trial. In 1982 Mr. Jamal was
falsely convicted of the murder of Police Officer Daniel Faulkner in a trial
where 11 or 14 Black jurors were systematically excluded and where critical
evidence proving the defendant's innocence was excluded.

On death row for 26 years, Mr. Jamal, an award winning journalist and the
author of nine books, has led a campaign for a new trial and freedom that
has won the support of groups ranging from Amnesty International and the
European Parliament to the San Francisco, Detroit, and Berkeley city
councils.

Jamal's attorneys will appeal today's decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Day-after demonstrations are also planned in:

Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Toronto, Vancouver
and other cities internationally.

A National Demonstration is to be held in Philadelphia, 3rd Saturday [April
26] after the decision AND IN SAN FRANCISCO, APRIL 19

For more information, contact: International Concerned Family and Friends of
Mumia Abu-Jamal, www.mumia.org;
Partisan Defense Committee, www.partisandefense.org;
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition (NYC), www.freemumia.com;
On the Net:
From: LACFreeMumia@aol.com
Free Mumia site: http://www.mumia.org

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San Deigo:

Free Mumia Abu-Jamal!

Internationally renowned journalist and Black activist Mumia Abu- Jamal has, ever since his frame-up by the Philadelphia police in 1981, been demanding a fair trial, a public forum that would hear the overwhelming evidence that clearly establishes his innocence of the murder of Philadelphia Police Officer Faulkner. Waiting for that day when justice would be done, Mumia has sat caged on death row in Pennsylvania for 27 years.

The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals has just issued a ruling that Mumia is not deserving of a new trail, that, in the words of the AP article, "He should get a new sentencing hearing because of flawed jury instructions. If prosecutors don't want to give him a new death penalty hearing, Abu-Jamal would be sentenced automatically to life in prison." In other words, the only alternatives for Mumia are life in prison or execution.

These are totally unacceptable alternatives! Mumia is innocent and it is a grave injustice that so much of his life has already been stolen from him. Robert Bryan, Mumia's attorney, is not finished with the legal struggle for justice. "I've never seen a case as permeated and riddled with racism as this one," he told the press. "I want a new trial and I want him free. His conviction was a travesty of justice."

Members of the San Diego Mumia Coalition will gather at Euclid and Imperial this afternoon at 4 p.m. to let the community know that Mumia's struggle will continue until he is free.

Join us and help us spread the word.

Free Mumia!

In San Diego
On Friday, March 28, 4 p.m.
Gather at Euclid and Imperial Join Us!