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for Labor Action to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, Feb 2010
Top US Court Sends Mumia Abu-Jamal Closer to Execution
Mumia Abu-Jamal is an innocent man on death row. In two recent decisions, the US Supreme Court has ignored both evidence of his innocence and it's own precedents to deny Mumia's appeal and bring him closer to execution. In this statement, the Labor Action Committee To Free Mumia Abu-Jamal lays bare the truth behind these actions, and proposes a course of workers' and mass action to free Mumia.
Cops, Courts and Politicians To Mumia:
Pam Africa says: "The time is now for organizing... with all of the strength that you have" for MUMIA ABU-JAMAL
Pam Africa on the Supreme Court ruling against Mumia
On Tuesday, Jan. 19, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal and granted the Philadelphia DA's petition for a writ of certiorari. Basically, the Supreme Court went against the lower federal circuit court's 2001 and 2008 rulings, which granted a new sentencing phase jury trial if the death penalty was to be reinstated in Jamal's case. Now the case goes back down to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, who will decide whether they will re-impose the death penalty without the jury trial.
Friday, Jan 15th: US Supreme Court will hold Conference about Mumia's case
Submitted by copwatch on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 1:58amHans Bennett wrote:
Yesterday there was a huge development in Mumia's case.
According to a posting yesterday on the US Supreme Court's website, the Court has scheduled a conference for this Friday, January 15, to discuss Mumia's case. Specifically, they are looking at the Philadelphia DA's request to have Mumia executed without a new sentencing hearing.
Mobilize and Fight To Save Mumia's Life!
Submitted by copwatch on Tue, 01/12/2010 - 10:20pmPeople in the Humboldt area and wherever you are! Please mobilize rallies, media, strikes, shut downs, walk outs, etc to save Mumia Abu Jamal. If you've never spread the word before, spread it NOW!! Pass this email on to all of your lists. AT LEAST SIGN THE PETITIONS!! Listen to Mumia's radio commentaries from Death Row, and fight for his life!! There are many links at the bottom of this message.
And put MUMIA messages on your MYSPACE, FACEBOOK, etc!!
No Decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal before January 11, 2010
Submitted by copwatch on Sun, 12/20/2009 - 11:46pmMichael Schiffman, a leading activist in Heidelberg, Germany, and also a member of Journalists for Mumia, generously translated a statement Mumia's attorney, Robert Bryan, gave at the International Defense Committee in Bremen on December 14, 2009
Breaking News: No Decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal before January 11, 2010
Troy Davis Case Raising Novel Legal Issues
Submitted by copwatch on Sun, 12/20/2009 - 6:51pmThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Condemned inmate Troy Anthony Davis filed the legal equivalent of a Hail Mary when he petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for a hearing on his innocence claims.
Important Supreme Court Ruling for Undocumented Workers
Submitted by copwatch on Tue, 05/05/2009 - 3:54pmSupreme Court Limits Identity Theft Law
The Supreme Court has ruled undocumented workers using false papers cannot be charged with aggravated identity theft unless they knew their fake IDs belonged to a real person. The Bush administration frequently charged undocumented immigrants with felony identity theft, which carries a two-year sentence. Prosecutors had used the threat of a felony to persuade undocumented workers to plead guilty to lesser charges of document fraud.
Democracy Now! Headlines
May 5, 2009
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Troy Davis and the Meaning of 'Actual Innocence' by Amy Goodman
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 08/29/2009 - 3:19pmTroy Davis and the Meaning of 'Actual Innocence'
August 19, 2009 by TruthDig.com by Amy Goodman
