Sign the Petition asking President Obama to save Mumia Abu-Jamal a Polictical Prisoner on Death Row

PETITION FOR PRESIDENT BARACH OBAMA - “Mumia Abu-Jamal and the Global Abolition of the Death Penalty” Over 14,000 people have signed the petition in a very brief period.  This is a great beginning.

To the left is the link for signing the online petition.  Please help and also spread the link to others.

NEW DEVELOPMENT On January 19, 2010, the United States Supreme Court issued the long-awaited ruling in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, which we have been litigating for 15 months.  The decision was expected.  The court sent the case back to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit “for further consideration in light of Smith v. Spisak, 558 U.S. ___ (2010)”, a case it decided the previous week. The lower federal court had previously ordered a new jury trial on the question of the death penalty.  Mumia remains on death row under a sentence of death.  (Note:  Please see the Legal Update section, herein, for details.)

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INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW Mumia Abu-Jamal, journalist and author, was arrested in Philadelphia on December 9, 1981.  From the outset, the prosecution fervently sought his execution for the death of a police officer.  That zeal to see Mumia die at the hands of the state has not abated, but increased in recent years.

Robert R. Bryan, Mumia’s lead counsel, has pointed out that “racism, fraud and prejudice are threads that have run through the case since its inception and continue today.”  Police, governmental authorities and their supporters have been motivated by an ends-justifies-the-means philosophy.  The truth of what really happened at the time of the shooting has become irrelevant to them. They will do and say whatever it takes to get Mumia into the death chamber.   Mr. Bryan has vowed to not let that happen.

The primary litigation on behalf of Mumia is presently in the United States Supreme Court.  At issue is one looming issue—the death penalty.

This new web site was created with the authorization of both Mumia and Mr. Bryan.  It was the fruit of numerous requests from people around the globe who have asked for a place to go for accurate and up-to-date information on the case.  This is a beginning at filling a longstanding void.