The Case Against Mumia Abu-Jamal
The case of Mumia Abu-Jamal has become a showdown case on the death penalty in the United States. His threatened execution has been condemned by political and cultural figures throughout the world, and the international movement to grant him a new and fair trial is raising questions about the arbitrariness of the death penalty in the minds of millions. Mumia Abu-Jamal is the only political prisoner in the United States facing execution. Mumia is not a political prisoner. The facts refuting this are addressed in my comments in the article below. "As a radio journalist in Philadelphia, he became known as isthe voice of the voicelesslt during the years of the infamous Mayor Frank Rizzo. He had attended Goddard College, was the recipient of a Major Armstrong Award for radio journalism, and was named one of Philadelphia's "people to watch" in 1981 by Philadelphia magazine. He was president of the Association of Black Journalists in Philadelphia, and he had no prior criminal record. Jamal was shot by a police officer when he intervened in a street incident involving Jamal's brother, another man, and the officer. He survived the shooting, and was charged with the murder of the officer who was killed in th
"He was at my feet." (6-24-82, T.R. 28) Just because a warrant is "old" does not mean that it is not still valid. The trial record clearly shows, that after Jamal had been "sworn in" by the court, and after he had expressed his political beliefs to the jury in the lengthy statement he had read to them, Assistant DA Joe McGill questioned Mumia Abu-Jamal about various political quotes he had made in the past. In particular, McGill focused on a quote Jamal had offered in a newspaper interview, when he was a young Black Panther. In that interview, Jamal had stated, "All political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." While questioning Jamal in 1982, McGill asked Jamal several times, if he still subscribed to this political philosophy. Jamal danced around the question, stating that history had proved this philosophy to be true, loosely affirming his continued belief in Mao's statement. He also stated that the Panthers would take "whatever actions where necessary," to respond to perceived police and government oppression.
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