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Betreff: FW: [MumiaNYC] Update From Robert Bryan,

Lead counsel for Mumia Abu-Jamal

Datum: Sonntag, 29. Oktober 2006

 

The brief mentioned in this email can be read at:

 

http://www.freemumia.com/pdfs/2006OC~5.PDF

 

-----Original Message-----

From: MumiaNYC@yahoogroups.com On

Behalf Of mumianyc

Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Subject: [MumiaNYC] Update From Robert Bryan, Lead counsel for Mumia

Abu-Jamal

 

 

Dear Friends:

On October 23, 2006, the Fourth-Step Reply Brief of Appellee and

Cross-Appellant, Mumia Abu-Jamal was submitted to the U.S. Court of

Appeals for the Third Circuit, Philadelphia. (Abu-Jamal v. Horn, U.S.

Ct. of Appeals Nos. 01-9014, 02-9001.) It is attached.

Oral argument will likely be scheduled during the coming months. I will

advise when a hearing date is set.

The attached brief is of enormous consequence since it goes to the

essence of our client's right to a fair trial, due process of law, and

equal protection of the law, guaranteed by the Fifth, Sixth, and

Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The issues include:

 

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Whether Mr. Abu-Jamal was denied the right to due process of law

and a fair trial because of the prosecutor's "appeal-after-appeal”

argument which encouraged the jury to disregard the presumption of

innocence and reasonable doubt, and err on the side of guilt.

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Whether the prosecution's exclusion of African Americans from

sitting on the jury violated Mr. Abu-Jamal's right to due process and

equal protection of the law, in contravention of Batson v. Kentucky, 476

U.S. 79 (1986).

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Whether Mr. Abu-Jamal was denied due process and equal protection

of the law during a post-conviction hearing because of the bias and

racism of Judge Albert F. Sabo, who was overheard during the trial

commenting that he was "going to help'em fry the nigger."

 

That the federal court is hearing issues which concern Mr. Abu-Jamal's

right to a fair trial is a great milestone in this struggle for human

rights. This is the first time that any court has made a ruling in

nearly a quarter of a century that could lead to a new trial and

freedom. Nevertheless, our client remains on Pennsylvania's death row

and in great danger.

 

 

Mr. Abu-Jamal, the "voice of the voiceless," is a powerful symbol in the

international campaign against the death penalty and for political

prisoners everywhere. The goal of Professor Judith L. Ritter, associate

counsel, and I is to see that the many wrongs which have occurred in

this case are righted, and that at the conclusion of a new trial our

client is freed.

 

 

Your concern is appreciated

With best wishes,

 

Robert R. Bryan

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Law Offices of Robert R. Bryan

2088 Union Street, Suite 4

San Francisco, California 94123

 

Lead counsel for Mumia Abu-Jamal

 

 

 

 

 

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