Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 16:48:11 -0500 (EST) From: Spoon Collective <spoons-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu> Subject: Re: AUT: Mumia (fwd) > > >Perdone, no es en castellano! >Es un testo sobre el prisioniero Mumia Abu-Jamal en los Estados Unidos de >America. Su requerimiento por un nuevo procedimiento judicial fue >recusado. > >************************************************* >This information is from the site: > >http://www.mumia.org > > >There are many demonstrations announced worldwide for November 7th. > >************************************************* >MUMIA ABU-JAMAL'S BID FOR A NEW TRIAL TURNED DOWN > > MASSIVE INTERNATIONAL DEMONSTRATION TO SAVE MUMIA'S LIFE > > SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1998 > > STATE OFFICE BUILDING > BROAD ST. AND SPRING GARDEN AVE. > 12 NOON > > JUST AS WE EXPECTED THE SUPREME COURT TURNED DOWN MUMIA'S BID >FOR A NEW TRIAL - WE MUST ACTIVATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE NETWORK > NOW!!! > > NO BUSINESS AS USUAL !!!! WE ARE ALSO PLANNING A MASSIVE > DEMONSTRATION ON THANKSGIVING DAY. WE ARE GOING TO SH0W > PHILADELPHIA TOURISTS HOW TO HAVE A REAL THANKSGIVING DAY > PARADE FOR JUSTICE. > > protest calls to: > > Governor Tom Ridge - Voice -717-787-2500 Fax - 717-783-4429 - > > D.A. Lynn Abraham - Voice - 215-686-8700 Fax - 215-686-8024 > > US Atty Gen. Janet Reno - Voice - 202-514-2000 Fax - 202 514-4371 > > > > A Statement From Death Row > > by Mumia Abu-Jamal, SCI-Greene, Waynesburg, PA > > >October 31st, 1998 > >Once again, Pennsylvania's highest court has shown us the best justice >that FOP money can >buy. Ignoring right reason, their own precedent, and fundamental justice, >they have returned >to the stranglehold of death. In their echoes of the tortured logic of >Judge Albert Sabo, they >have reflected a. striking fidelity to the DA's office. If it is fair to >have a tribunal who are in >part admittedly paid by the FOP-and at least one justice who can double as >DA one day and >a judge the next in the same case--then fairness is just as empty a word >as "justice." To >paraphrase Judge Sabo, it is "just an emotional feeling." > >In recent months the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has upheld death sentences >in cases where >an impartial reading of transcripts or pleadings would make an honest >affirmation all but >impossible. They have ignored all evidence of innocence, overlooked clear >instances of jury >taint, and cast a dead eye on defense attorneys' ineffectiveness. What >they have done in my >case is par for the course. This is a political decision, paid for by the >FOP on the eve of the >election. It is a Mischief Night gift from a court that has a talent for >the macabre. > >I am sorry that this court did not rule on the right side of history. But >I am not surprised. >Every time our nation has come to a fork in the road with regard to race, >it has chosen to >take the path of compromise and betrayal. On October 29th, 1998, the >Pennsylvania >Supreme Court committed a collective crime: it damned due process, >strangled the fair trial, >and raped justice. > >Even after this legal legerdemain [sleight of' hand] I remain innocent. A >court cannot make >an innocent man guilty. Any ruling founded on injustice is not justice. >The righteous fight for >life, liberty, and for justice can only continue. > >Mumia Abu-Jamal > > > >Thanks to all the signatories who financed the New York Times ad, and to >all the workers >who supported the campaign, the ad successfully countered the lies >perpetrated against >Mumia. > >We have printing 10,000 copies of the ad, and each signatory will receive >one in the mail >soon. > >Bulk copies (25 or more) of the reprint can be ordered for 15 cents each >(which includes >shipping) from: > >International Concerned Family & Friends >P.O. Box 19709 >Philadelphia, PA 19143 >215-476-8812 > >Refuse & Resist! >305 Madison Ave, Suite 1166 >New York, NY 10165 >212-713-5657 > >Mobilization to Free Mumia >3425 Cesar Chavez St. >San Francisco, CA 94110 >(415) 821-0459 > > >Support Mumia's Right to Speak Out! Help Mumia publish his >magazine, The Freedom Journal, by advertising! Call (215) >476-8812 for info. > > > > > > > --- from list aut-op-sy-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- "Solidarity is running the same risks." - Che Guevara ("La solidarieta' significa correndo gli stessi rischi.") --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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