[Ppnews] Update on Mumia Abu-Jamal

[Political Prisoner News]

Free Mumia Abu-Jamal !

The State of Pennsylvania has recently filed its 
appeal seeking to reinstate the order to execute 
Mumia. If their appeal is upheld by the U.S. 
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell has pledged to 
sign the third warrant for Mumia's execution. 
Barring the unlikely intervention of the U.S. 
Supreme Court, Mumia will have 90 days to live!

Pennsylvania authorities are dead set on winning. 
They, along with the Fraternal Order of Police, 
are campaigning to bring the matter to national attention.

The Fraternal Order of Police and their 
collaborators in the media and among politicians 
have been on the rampage since the Third Circuit 
Court of Appeals ruled that there were two issues 
Mumia could appeal on that might lead to a new 
trial. These forces insist that Mumia should have 
no right to appeal. They attack all those who 
support Mumia's innocence or even his right to a new trial.

The naming of a street after Mumia in Saint 
Denis, France has only fueled their rage. The new 
street, leading to the largest sports stadium in 
Europe, the Nelson Mandela Stadium, has been 
formally named Rue Mumia Abu-Jamal.

Two U.S. Congresspeople from Pennsylvania are 
introducing federal legislation to demand that 
the city of St Denis reverse its decision to name 
a major street after Mumia. House Resolution 407, 
which embodies these demands, was supported 
unanimously by the City Council of Philadelphia.

The U.S. legislation, House Resolution 407, 
proposes to sanction St. Denis or call for a U.S. 
boycott of the city, should the St Denis Mayor 
and City Council refuse to reverse their vote. Both have refused to do so.

Philadelphia newspapers are joining the 
reactionary chorus damning the St Denis decision. See:
<http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/columnists/stu_bykofsky/14662075.htm>http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/columnists/stu_bykofsky/14662075.htm

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/opinion/local2/region/14614527.htm

Mumia's racist detractors know full well that a 
final decision is coming, one that could lead to 
Mumia's execution or to a new trial and his freedom.

To repond to the vicious attacks on Mumia in the 
Philly media (see above, etc.), write to the following:

The Philadelphia Inquirer
P.O. Box 8263
Philadelphia, Pa. 19101

Stu Bykofsky, Columnist
<mailto:stubyko at phillynews.com>stubyko at phillynews.com
Readers' Editor Jodie Chester
<mailto:jchester at phillynews.com>jchester at phillynews.com
Editorial Copy Chief Oscar Miller
<mailto:omiller at phillnews.com>omiller at phillnews.com

Philadelphia Daily News
P.O. Box 7788
Philadelphia, PA 19101
City Editor Gar Joseph
<mailto:josephg at phillynews.com>josephg at phillynews.com
Assistant City Editor Barbara Laker
<mailto:lakerb at phillynews.com>lakerb at phillynews.com
Frank Burgos
<mailto:burgosf at phillynews.com>burgosf at phillynews.com
For more info, see:
<http://www.mumia.org/freedom.now/>http://www.mumia.org/freedom.now/
http://www.freemumia.org/
<http://www.freemumia.com/>http://www.freemumia.com/

p.s.
In October 2003, Mumia Abu-Jamal was awarded the 
status of honorary citizen of Paris. The mayor of 
Paris, Bertrand Delanoë, said in a press release 
that the award was meant to be a reminder of the 
continuing fight against the death penalty, which 
was abolished in France in 1981. Additionally, 
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the 
NAACP, the National Lawyers Guild, the Japanese 
Diet, the European Parliament, as well as several 
national U.S. trade union federations (ILWU, 
AFSCME, SEIU, the national postal union), the 1.8 
million member California Labor Federation 
AFL-CIO, and the Episcopal Church of the United 
States of America all maintain that Mumia's 
original trial was not conducted in a fair and 
impartial manner, and demand either a new trial or Mumia's immediate release.

Free Mumia!
Free all Political Prisoners!
Ona MOVE!

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