Mumia Abu-Jamal

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Datum: Sonntag, 18. Mai 2008 18:54

 

 

Sat May 17, 2008 1:23 pm (PDT)

 

Justice is

overdue for Mumia

By SIDDIQUE ABDULLAH HASAN

SocialistWorker.org

http://socialistworker.org/2008/05/16/justice-overdue-for-mumia

May 16, 2008

 

Siddique Abdullah Hasan is one of the Lucasville Five, a group of men

railroaded onto death row in Ohio after a 1993 prison rebellion in which

inmates at the Lucasville prison rose up against the abuses and arbitrary

rules of prison guards and officials. Here, he looks at the recent court

ruling rejecting Mumia Abu-Jamal's appeal for a new trial.

 

 

IN LIGHT of the adverse ruling by a three-judge panel for the 3rd U.S.

Circuit Court of Appeals in denying Mumia Abu-Jamal a new trial and an

evidentiary hearing, many of his supporters are outraged and weighing the

pros and cons of what must be done to create the circumstances for his

speedy release from captivity.

At a press conference outside the Federal Court building in Philadelphia,

Sister Pam Africa of International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia

Abu-Jamal hit the nail on the head when she so forcefully said, "The power

of the people has to be unleashed, because what the court did was wrong!"

Being an activist and a revolutionary thinker, I'm totally convinced that

what she was conveying to the people--actually to the world--is that the

gloves must come off and the people must be turned loose to fight fire with

fire via the principle of "by any means necessary."

While there are many ways to unleash the power of the people, I think one

way it should be unleashed is by calling for an international economic

boycott against Hershey's and other major businesses in the state of

Pennsylvania. In order to make this boycott successful, the help of the

European Union and other countries interested in the quality of justice

should be sought.

When other countries or governments are guilty of civil, constitutional and

human rights violations against their citizens, the United States government

either selectively speaks out against these types of violations or

selectively imposes economic sanctions against the perpetrators. As the

leader of the "free world," when the United States does this, it sends a

clear and powerful message to the world that the United States will not sit

idle and allow these violations to go unchecked.

It's time for the world to stand up to the state of Pennsylvania--that is,

to Gov. Ed Rendell, to Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne Abraham, to the

Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police and to the appellate courts--and say

with a unified voice: "Free Mumia Abu-Jamal now! We want justice for him,

and we won't sit idle and allow you to execute this innocent man!"

Such a stand and economic boycott will serve as a supplement to the work

Mumia's lawyers and supporters are vigorously engaged in to save his life.

In a capitalistic society that prides itself on its superpower status,

economic power and military might are the only languages this imperialistic

government seems to respect and understand. Therefore, the heat must be

turned up if we are ever going to acquire justice for Mumia. Justice demands

that he be granted a new trial, or at least an evidentiary hearing to gather

and present enough evidence to prove he did not murder Philadelphia Police

Officer Daniel Faulkner on December 9, 1981.

The appellate courts have never heard the newly discovered evidence of his

actual innocence. They have always found some flimsy excuse to repress it.

In a case of actual innocence, the courts are under obligation to hear newly

discovered evidence--but such has never happened in Mumia's case. In the

absence of hearing it, the state's theory that Mumia murdered Officer

Faulkner seems very convincing to someone who doesn't know the particulars

of his case or the circumstances surrounding why the government framed Mumia

and wants him dead.

Be that as it may, justice in Mumia's case is long, long overdue. How long?

Too long! It's been 26 years, and it's now time for the world to become

morally courageous by stepping up to the plate and demanding justice for our

elder, Mumia Abu-Jamal.

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