Dystre udsigter for Mumia Abu-Jamal

Mens mange borgerretsaktivister lige nu kæmper for at forhindre henrettelsen af Troy Davis (1) den 27. oktober 08, offentliggjorde advokat Robert R. Bryan, der leder forsvaret for den dødsdømte afro-amerikanske journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, en alarmerende meddelelse. Pennsylvanias statsadvokat har forkyndt, at han ansøger den amerikanske Supreme Court om en revision af domsbeslutningen om udsættelse af henrettelsen af Mumia Abu-Jamal. Med andre ord: De er gået igang med at forberede en konkret dato for Mumias henrettelse.

Mumias advokat taler ved en støtte-demo

 

Afgørelsen er sat til den 20. oktober 2008. Samme dag skal Supreme Court (2) afgøre en ankesag fra Mumias advokat om at lade hele retsprocessen fra 1982 mod Mumia Abu-Jamal gå om igen. Mumias forsvarer begrunder det med en dokumentation for,  at den oprindelige retsproces var præget af racistiske fordomme og brud på retsplejelovgivningens bestemmelser. Denne ankesag er Mumias definitivt sidste juridiske mulighed for selv at gøre noget for hans fastlåste sag. Hans forsvarere forsøger samtidigt at få udsat afgørelsen med 60 dage til den 20. december 2008, for at få mere ekstratid til forberedelserne.

Samtidigt appelerer Mumias advokat til mobilisering  på globalt plan for at støtte Mumia. I et brev til solidaritetsbevægelsen skriver Robert R. Bryan følgende:

"...Today I was informed of a startling legal development in the U.S. Supreme
Court. The prosecution has advised me that it is seeking to overturn the
favorable death penalty decision from the lower federal court. Up to now they
have been silent. So, like the U.S. Court of Appeals, both sides are in the
Supreme Court.

This is an enormous development, the biggest since Mumia's 1981 arrest. The
government really wants to kill him. We are now at the crossroads; it is
life or death.
The legal defense needs help ..."

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Write to Mumia Abu-Jamal

Mumia's Lead attourney Robert R. Bryan told us several times that it would be a great support to write to Mumia in his prison cell.

Mumia Abu-Jamal
AM 8335
SCI Greene Prison
175 Progress Drive
Waynesburg, PA 15370
USA

First of all Mumia really enjoys receiving post in his 6 square metres of cell in the death row. He can't answer most but it means a huge moral support for him - to see he is not forgotten despite his isolation. Furthermore post means protection for him. The censors and the court see that they are under international observation. This can have an effect on actual decisions.

You could use the postcards provided by the Berlin Coalition To Free Mumia Abu-Jamal. If you didn't get one with this flyer contact us on free.mumia@gmx.net  Please keep in mind that every letter or postcard needs a sender's adress. Without that post will not be delivered to Mumia.

      Noter

1. Amnesty International Report on theCase of Troy Davis. http://www.troyanthonydavis.org/
2. The Supreme Court of  Pennsylvania, july 07: http://media.de.indymedia.org/media/2008/02/208589.pdf

 

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