Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 19:01:22 -0400 From: Carol Moore <CarolMoore-AT-kreative.net> Subject: Fwd: MUMIA: Execution set for December 2 I really can't believe the government intends to get as many people and political activists of all stripes pissed off as it is going to be executing Mumia Abu Jamal. Even many advocates of the death penalty who believe Mumia killed the police officer easily can imagine that it happened in self-defense and that he should not be killed. Opponents of the death penalty who believe he is innocent must be particularly outraged. Let me remind you all this is a good time to think about tax resistance, and particularly "war tax resistance." I myself stopped paying federal income tax in 1976--and have resisted several state taxes, including because they had the had the death penaly. Check out the National War Tax Resisters web page. Many war tax resisters also are concerned about police brutality, the death penalty and increasing militarization of law enforcement and encourage those who are concerned with these issues, and also oppose US militarism and interventions to join us. Taking away the murderers' money!! Check out the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee http://www.nonviolence.org/wtr see: International Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal http://www.mumia.org/ ------------ CarolMoore-AT-kreative.net http://www.kreative.net/carolmoore/C&C-news.html > SOURCE: Pennsylvania Office of the Governor > > Pennsylvania Gov. Ridge Signs Three Execution Warrants > > HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge > today > signed warrants for the execution by lethal injection of Mumia Abu-Jamal > of Philadelphia, Dennis Counterman of Lehigh County and Jerome J. Gibson > of Bucks County. > > Gov. Ridge set Abu-Jamal's execution for Thursday, Dec. 2, 1999. > > In July 1982, Abu-Jamal was convicted of first-degree murder and > sentenced > to die for the Dec. 9, 1981, murder of Philadelphia Police Officer > Daniel > Faulkner, 25. Abu-Jamal was formally sentenced to death on May 25, 1983. > That judgment was upheld by the state Supreme Court on March 6, 1989. > The > U.S. Supreme Court denied Abu-Jamal's petition for a writ of certiorari > on > Oct. 1, 1990, and denied two subsequent petitions for rehearing. > > On June 1, 1995, Gov. Ridge issued a warrant scheduling Abu-Jamal's > execution for the week beginning Aug. 13, 1995. On Aug. 7, 1995, the > Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas stayed the execution pending > the > resolution of Abu-Jamal's Post-Conviction Relief Act (PCRA) petition. On > Sept. 15, 1995, the Court of Common Pleas denied post-conviction relief. > On Oct. 29, 1998, the state Supreme Court affirmed the denial of PCRA > relief. The U.S. Supreme Court denied Abu-Jamal's petition for a writ of > certiorari on Oct. 4, 1999, lifting the stay. > > Abu-Jamal, 45, is an inmate at the State Correctional Institution (SCI) > at > Greene, Greene County. > > Gov. Ridge set Counterman's execution for Tuesday, Dec. 7. > > In February 1990, Counterman was convicted of first-degree murder and > sentenced to die for burning his house and killing his three trapped > sons > -- Christopher, six years old; James, four years old; and Scott, 10 > weeks > old. Counterman was formally sentenced to death on Dec. 6, 1996. The > state > Supreme Court upheld that judgment on Oct. 26, 1998. > > On Feb. 17, 1999, Gov. Ridge signed a warrant scheduling Counterman's > execution for April 13, 1999. On March 12, 1999, the state Supreme Court > stayed the execution pending the filing and resolution of Counterman's > petition for writ of certiorari. The U.S. Supreme Court denied > Counterman's petition for a writ of certiorari on Oct. 4, 1999, lifting > the stay. > > Counterman, 39, is a prisoner at SCI Greene. > > Gov. Ridge set Gibson's execution for Thursday, Dec. 9, 1999. > > In March 1995, Gibson was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced > to die for the Sept. 29, 1994, murder of Robert Berger, a 76-year-old > store clerk, during a robbery. Gibson was formally sentenced to death on > Aug. 24, 1995. That judgment was upheld by the state Supreme Court on > Nov. > 17, 1998. > > On March 9, 1999, Gov. Ridge signed a warrant scheduling Gibson's > execution for May 6, 1999. On April 1, 1999, the state Supreme Court > stayed the execution pending the filing and resolution of Gibson's > petition for writ of certiorari. The U.S. Supreme Court denied Gibson's > petition for a writ of certiorari on Oct. 4, 1999, lifting the stay. > > Gibson, 41, is an inmate at SCI Greene. > > Gov. Ridge now has signed 176 death warrants since taking office. Three > have been carried out, the first executions in Pennsylvania since 1962. > > For more information, contact Tim Reeves, Press Secretary of the > Pennsylvania Office of the Governor, 717-783-1116. > > SOURCE: Pennsylvania Office of the Governor > > *****
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