[Antiracism] Stand with Mumia Abu-Jamal May 17

Thu May 10 14:02:03 EDT 2007

From: International Action Center <actioncenter at action-mail.org>
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ON MAY 17: STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH MUMIA ABU-JAMAL
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All Out for Mumia Abu-Jamal: Join Danny Glover, Cynthia McKinney and many 
others in Philadelphia on Thursday, May 17, starting at 9:00 am, in front of 
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on 6th and Market Streets

NYC Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition, International Action Center and FIST 
(Fight Imperialism, Stand Together) youth group will be organizing buses to 
Philadelphia.
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TRANSPORTATION INFO:
Buses will be leaving from 33rd St. and 8th Ave. at 5:30am and in front of 
55 W. 17th St. at 6 a.m. For bus tickets, call 212-633-6646.
To download May 17 literature, click http://www.millions4mumia.org
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Here are SOME FACTS:

* The oral argument in the case of death row, political prisoner, Mumia 
Abu-Jamal, is scheduled on May 17, 9:30 am, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for 
the Third Circuit, Ceremonial Courtroom, 1st Floor, U.S. Courthouse, 6th and 
Market Streets. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., and the 
National Lawyers Guild, which have filed amicus curiae (friend of the court) 
briefs, are also participating.

* This case concerns Mr. Abu-Jamal's right to a fair trial, the struggle 
against the death penalty, and the political repression of an outspoken 
journalist. Racism and politics are threads that have run through this case 
since his 1981 arrest. The complex issues under consideration, which are of 
great constitutional significance, include:

- Whether Mr. Abu-Jamal was denied the right to due process of law and a 
fair trial under the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments because of the 
prosecutor's "appeal-after- appeal" argument which encouraged the jury to 
disregard the presumption of innocence and reasonable doubt, and err on the 
side of guilt.

- Whether the prosecution's use of peremptory challenges to exclude African 
Americans from sitting on the jury violated Mr. Abu-Jamal's rights to due 
process and equal protection of the law under the Sixth and Fourteenth 
Amendments, and contravened Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986).

- Whether the jury instructions and verdict form that resulted in the death 
penalty deprived Mr. Abu-Jamal of rights guaranteed by the Eight and 
Fourteenth Amendments to due process of law, equal protection of the law, 
and not to be subjected to cruel and unusual punishment, and violated Mills 
v. Maryland, 486 U.S. 367 (1988), since the judge precluded the jurors from 
considering any mitigating evidence unless they all agreed on the existence 
of a particular circumstance.

- Whether Mr. Abu-Jamal was denied due process and equal protection of the 
law under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments during post-conviction 
hearings as the result of the bias and racism of Judge Albert F. Sabo, which 
included the comment that he was "going to help 'em fry the n*****."

Mumia has always fought for people's rights. A united, broad movement can 
save Mumia from a legal lynching! Free Mumia, Leonard Peltier, the Cuban 5, 
the MOVE 9 & all political prisoners!

"The goal is for our client to be free. Nevertheless, he remains in great 
danger. If all is lost, he will be executed. Your interest in this struggle 
for human rights and against the  death penalty is appreciated." --- Robert 
R. Bryan, Lead counsel for Mumia Abu-Jamal
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ALSO: THIS SATURDAY (MAY 12), AN NYC EVENT "Writers for Mumia," from 1pm to 
5 pm at the Community Church, 40 East 35th Street (near Park Ave.) in 
Manhatten

Join writers, poets, journalists & activists who will read from their work 
and/or discuss the latest developments in Mumia Abu-Jamal's case.Pam Africa 
.. E.J. Antonio . Carolyn Baxter . Elombe Brath . Cliff Conner Susan 
Elizabeth Davis . Sandra Maria Esteves . Leslie Feinberg . Jose Angel 
Figueroa . Frances Goldin . Y.G. Hilton . Layding Kaliba . Atiba Kwabena . 
Dave Lindorff . Sister Lupe . Rosemari Mealy . Jesus Papoleto Melendez . 
Tony Mitchelson . Monica Moorehead . Louis Reyes Rivera. Suzanne Ross . 
Yusef Salaam . Susan Sherman . Israel Tacoma . Ed Toney . Iowan Tribal . Ted 
L. Wilson

Sponsors: Writers for Mumia, New York Chapter of the National Writers Union, 
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition of NYC, and Millions for Mumia/ International 
Action Center.  Writers for Mumia was founded by Susan Elizabeth Davis in 
the spring of 1999 as part of Millions for Mumia.

The highly respected broadcast journalist and critic Mumia Abu-Jamal was 
wrongly sent to death row in Pennsylvania nearly 25 years ago. Since then, 
he's written five books and continues to make weekly broadcasts about a vast 
array of topics-from exposing the vicious prison-industrial complex to the 
disastrous U.S. war in Iraq and the relentless struggle of African Americans 
from New Orleans to Harlem for social and economic justice.

No wonder Mumia is known as "the voice of the voiceless."

Call 212-633-6646; to download the May 12 leaflet, go to 
http://www.millions4mumia.org
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