Mumia Abu-Jamal remains on death row in Pennsylvania. The widow of slain police officer Daniel Faulkner has been used to push for the execution of Jamal despite his unfair trial.
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Great News! After all of the agitation and organizing these last few months, the NAACP just passed a resolution for Mumia (and several other prisoners), asking Eric Holder to review the case!
Below are statement from organizers Pam Africa and Suzanne Ross.
For more background on the campaign, please link here to the main page:
http://freemumia.com/civilrights.html
And for more background on why the federal investigation is needed, here is the article I wrote detailing five pieces of withheld evidence, that the jury was never able to hear about:
http://www.sfbayview.com/2009/citing-withheld-evidence-supporters-of-mumia-abu-jamal-call-for-civil-rights-investigation/
Hans Bennett
Abu-Jamal-News.com
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Note from Pam Africa: The NY Free Mumia Coalition and ICFFMAJ spearheaded weeklong mass demos, tabling and lots of on the ground work in support of this tremendous effort, and the Baltimore Chapter of the NAACP is to be commended for making Political Prisoners a large part of this convention! Stay tuned for more updates ...
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via: Mumia NYC
A new resolution on Mumia, which also included Troy Davis, Marshall Eddie Conway, and Reggie Clemons, was just passed at the NAACP convention as an emergency resolution. It was addressed to Attorney General Eric Holder and called on him to review these cases!!!
More on our work over this past week at the NAACP convention both inside and outside the convention later, and its many impressive results, THOUGH MUMIA HAS NOT BEEN FREED ... when we can catch our breath.
RALLY TODAY FROM 4 PM TO 8 PM AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 55TH STREET AND 6TH AVENUE. OBAMA IS SPEAKING AT 7 PM SO IT MAY BE A LITTLE CRAZY DOWN THERE. LOOK FOR OUR BANNER AND SIGNS. IF IT'S RAINING WE WILL ONLY HAVE OUR BANNER.
SEE YOU THERE!
Suzanne
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