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Mumia Abu-Jamal Is an Innocent Man—Free Him Now!

The fight for freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal, America’s foremost class-war prisoner, has reached a critical juncture. On 6 December 2005, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Pennsylvania ordered Mumia’s legal team to file his appeals brief by January 17. The possible outcome of this appeal could range from overturning his conviction and granting a new trial, or mandating new hearings on his constitutional claims, to reinstating the death sentence, paving the way for a new death warrant.
The urgent need to mobilize the social power of organized labor and its allies for Mumia’s freedom was a central theme of the Partisan Defense Committee’s 20th annual Holiday Appeal for Class-War Prisoners, held last month in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Oakland and Toronto. We print below a speech at the New York City benefit, edited for publication, by Rachel Wolkenstein, staff counsel for the PDC and formerly a member of Mumia’s legal team.

read on at www.icl-fi.org/english/wv/862/mumia.html
 
 

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