IF WE FIGHT - WE WIN! FREEDOM FOR MUMIA ABU-JAMAL !
Wanneer: 11/04/2017 - 15:31
IF WE FIGHT - WE WIN !
WE CALL FOR MUMIA'S IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM PRISON !
SEND A BIRTHDAY-CARD TO GIVE MUMIA MORE POWER FOR HIS NEW PROCES ON 24 APRIL.
Mumia Abu-Jamal has been in prison for 35 years now, from which 29 on death-row.
In 2011 his death sentence was definitely found unconstitutional.
He never received a fair trial and was not allowed to demonstrate his innocence in court.
Then he almost died in 2015 from the life-threatening illness Hepatitus.C.
He made a courtcase about the not giving him and the other 7ooo ill people the medicine to cure the hepatitus and
he WON the courtcase.SO SINCE A FEW DAYS MUMIS IS GETTING HIS LIFE-SAVING MEDICINE, ALSO MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE MANY SUPPORTERS WHO KEPT THE PRESURE ON.
On 24 april he will become 63 and on that same day there will be finally, after all these years a courtcase to prove
his freedom, first to be allowed to start the proces about it.
This former District Attourney (DA)
called Ronald Castille was instrumental in blocking an appeal from Mumiain 1989.
Shortly after the police brotherhood FOP financed his election campaign
to become Pennsylvania Supreme Court Judge. He even openly boasted that
he will not recuse himself from Mumia's case at the the time because
five other judges on this court had been paid by the FOP, too ...
So he turned down Mumia's appeal as a judge, which he had before stopped
as a DA. This is clearly a "conflict of interest" or in other words unconstitutionally.
Ronald Castille did the same thing with other prisoners, e.g. Terrence
"Butter" Williams, a fellow death row inmate with Mumia for many years.
Butter won a court case against this recently and will get an new trial
and this is what Mumia wants, too: a complete new trial where ALL the evidence is heard.
So, even if the court grants this to Mumia following April 24, it will
take a long time. First the District of Philadelphia (the other side)
could appeal (several state and federal levels). And if a positive
decision stands, than it takes a long time to prepare such a trial,
which will be very difficult after 35 (or more) years, because many witnesses have died since.
But even if Mumia looses in court, he has a chance to go through the
levels as well and raise public awareness about his injust trial. So all in all it is a positive legal development.
SO PLEASE SEND POSTCARDS TO MUMIA AND TO THE GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA(who also can grant mumia freedom.)
(Congratulate mumia with his victory of the hepatitus-proces( well his liver is already damaged!) and wish him luck in his
freedoms-proces,starting at 24 april)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
#8335 SCI Mahanoy, 301 Morea Road, Frackville, PA 17932, U.S.A.
Governor Tom Wolf
508 Main Capitol Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120, U.S.A.
hear Mumia: www.prisonradio.org/media/audio/mumia/beginning-127-mumia-abu-jamal
The Campaign To Bring Mumia Home-Home|Facebook
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Court hearing April 24 to decide whether to overturn appeal denials for Mumia Abu-Jamal
On Monday, April 24, 2017, Mumia Abu-Jamal's 63rd birthday and 36th year of torturous wrongful incarceration, there will be a hearing on his Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA) petition in Pennsylvania state court. The hearing is expected to begin at 9:00AM at the Criminal Justice Center, Room 1101, 1303 Filbert Street in Philadelphia, PA. This hearing is being held to determine whether all of the PA Supreme Court decisions from 1995-2008 that denied Abu-Jamal his freedom should be overturned.
Abu-Jamal was convicted in 1981 for the murder of police officer Daniel Faulkner despite evidence demonstrating the police and prosecution manufactured proof of his guilt and suppressed evidence of his innocence. He was prosecuted, convicted and sentenced to death because of political reasons: his former membership in the Black Panther Party and his support for the MOVE organization.
Beginning at 8am and continuing while the court hearing is in progress, there will be a spirited live-streamed rally and demonstration around the Criminal Justice Center and City Hall, calling for the release of Abu-Jamal on signs and banners. The International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal and the Mobilization for Mumia are also urging supporters to attend an evening program “Resistance Matters – Legal and Medical Justice for Mumia and all Prisoners” at Arch Street United Methodist Church, 55 North Broad Street, from 6-9PM for the most up-to the-minute update.
This legal challenge is based on the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Terry Williams' case, which ruled that an appellate judge cannot participate in a case in which he had a former role in significant prosecutorial decisions. Ronald Castille was the District Attorney responsible for opposing Abu-Jamal's 1989 appeal of his trial conviction and death sentence. Former Philadelphia DA Castille ran for election to the PA Supreme Court bragging that 45 men (including Abu-Jamal) had been convicted and sentenced to death by his DA's office. After being elected to the PA Supreme Court in 1994, Castille ruled against Abu-Jamal in every appeal brought before him critical of the actions of his former DA's office. Castille had also been financed and named "Man of the Year" by the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP). This is the same right wing organization who endorsed Donald Trump for president in 2016.
In the meantime, the Mobilization for Mumia won an important victory for Mumia Abu-Jamal, and thousands of other similarly infected individuals suffering from hepatitis C in PA prisons. After a two year long campaign in the courts and the streets, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC), paving the way for Abu-Jamal to get the cure for his hepatitis C infection which had already led to the scarring of his liver. He is now in the second week of receiving the life saving medication and his victory will clear the way for the other 7,000 inmates suffering from untreated hepatitis C to also get treated. Legal actions continue in fighting for compensation for damages due to the DOC’s negligence in refusing to treat Mumia and other prisoners in a timely and humane manner.
Our ultimate goal is to win Abu-Jamal's release as well as freedom for other politically targeted political prisoners, virtually invisible in the modern day concentration camps we call prisons.
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