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From: Action Center <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 7:37
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Subject: [IAC] Statement on Mumia Court
Ruling
YOHN'S RULING ON MUMIA ABU-JAMAL 12/18/01
Freedom loving people from all over the world are
understandably happy that the imminent threat of execution
is no longer hanging over the head of Mumia Abu-Jamal
including his family. Let there be no doubt that had it
not been for an international grass roots movement
including France, Germany, the Netherlands, South Africa
and the U.S. and many others;if it were not for the
countless marches and rallies that have propelled the
conspiracy to murder Mumia Abu-Jamal into the light of
day, that the courts, police and jailers of Pennsylvania
would have legally murdered him a long time ago. It must
be reiterated at this crucial moment that this struggle is
far being over. And this struggle will not be over until
an innocent journalist and political activist, persecuted
for his courageous and effective leadership in the
struggle against police brutality, racism and social
injustice is free.
Now that Yohn has made his ruling, the system that framed
Mumia is hoping that everyone will lose interest in the
case and that they will get away with their outrageous and
transparent conspiracy to keep an innocent main in jail.
This must not happen; it will not happen and the growing
worldwide movement for social justice will see that it
does not happen.
Judge Yohn's ruling is not justice. It is part of a
political cover-up through legal means. Let the facts
speak for themselves. Why have both the federal and state
courts refused to acknowledge the Arnold Beverly
confession to the murder of policeman, Daniel Faulkner?
This evidence alone should have overturned Abu-Jamal's
murder conviction. How is it possible that during the
1996 post conviction relief act hearing that the courts
refused to accept the real testimony of those
eyewitnesses, William Singletary, Veronica Jones and
Cynthia White who were coerced by the Fraternal Order of
Police to lie on the stand about Mumia's involvement in
the Faulkner murder? They all recanted their previous
bogus statements that Abu-Jamal killed Faulkner.
And are we all suppose to forget that Mumia Abu-Jamal was
denied the most basic constitutional rights like the legal
counsel of his choice? Everybody know that Mumia's
original lawyer, Anthony Jackson and the district
attorney's office were in collusion to railroad Mumia to a
conviction. This collusion has been documented in a
recent legal brief. And when Abu-Jamal attempted to
legally represent himself during his trial, he was
physically removed from his own proceedings.
And what about the startling revelation made by Terri
Maurer-Carter, a stenographer who overheard Judge Albert
Sabo, the presiding judge in Abu-Jamal's original trial
and the 1996 post conviction relief hearing, make a
horrendous racist epithet towards Abu-Jamal in between
legal proceedings. When Carter attempted to bring this
horrendous statement to the attention of other judicial
authorities, she was dismissed. Sabo earned the
reputation of being a "hanging" judge since he has sent
more people to death row than any other judge.
And what about the ballistics evidence? A forensic
analysis acknowledged that Faulkner was killed by a 38
caliber gun but Mumia had a registered 44 caliber gun.
This was clearly not a match. How can the courts ignore
these indisputable facts? It is important that all of
Mumia's supporters and everyone that is struggling against
the criminal "injustice" system that preys on the poor,
non-whites, young people, and also pays lip service to the
criminal behavior of the rich, that the case of Mumia
Abu-Jamal is not closed.
The Yohn ruling is not the final chapter. The system can
free Mumia but they will not voluntarily free him unless
the mass, grass roots pressure is intensified.
International Action Center
39 West 14th, #206
NY, NY 10011
212-633-6646
212-633-2889 fax
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