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The January 19, 2010 the Supreme Court Action of Sending Mumia's Case Back to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals Brings Mumia Closer to Execution Unless We Act Now!
U.S. Department of Justice Main Switchboard 202-514-2000
Public Comment Line 202-353-1555
U.S. Department of Justice E-Mail Address webmaster@usdoj.gov
We are continuing and escalating the Campaign for a Civil Rights Investigation to challenge the entire conspiracy to kill yet another Black revolutionary leader. As many of you have learned over the years, this conspiracy even precedes 1981 when the incident which led to Mumia's incarceration, conviction, and death sentence occurred. The FBI began its surveillance and targeting of Mumia when he was only 15 years old. At that time, Mumia had demonstrated against George Wallace, the arch-racist Alabama governor who played a strategic role in fighting the Civil Rights Movement in the South. We demand a civil rights investigation into the 28 plus years of violations of Mumia's rights in the court system, but also into that history of surveillance and targeting of Mumia when he was only a teenager. Mumia was part of the counterintelligence program that the infamous FBI Director, J. Edgar Hoover, initiated to "neutralize" potential Black leaders.
We urge people to continue to sign onto the petition on our website www.freemumia.com, or to download the letter which will follow and mail it to the address at the bottom, and now contact Attorney General Eric Holder in Washington, DC, by telephone and let him know that such an investigation is essential given that the courts all the way to the US Supreme Court have failed to provide any justice for Mumia.
For years we heard that the federal courts would overturn an obviously biased Pennsylvania judicial process. We have now seen the issue of racism in the trial and the state appeals process, as manifested both in the racial bias of the jury selection and in the judge's statement, "I'm going to help them fry the Nigger" ignored and denied by the federal courts all the way to the Supreme Court. And just recently, the Supreme Court even changed the standard for granting life in prison rather than execution (the Mills issue) in order to bring Mumia closer to execution. Join the movement for justice for Mumia! Call or e-mail the Justice Department immediately! Sign the petition online www.freemumia.com or sign the letter below and mail it to the address on the bottom. And now, CALL ERIC HOLDER. LET'S FLOOD THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WITH CALLS DEMANDING A CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATION.
Free Mumia and All Our Political Prisoners! Abolish the Death Penalty! Abolish the Prison Industrial Complex!
For more information on what you can do as part of the Campaign for a Civil Rights Investigation, leave your number on our hotline, 212 330-8029, come to our weekly Friday 6:30 PM meetings at St. Mary's Church, 521 West 126th Street (between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue), ORGANIZE SUPPORT!
US Department of Justice
Washington, DC
January 2010
To Eric Holder, US Attorney General:
We write to you with a sense of grave concern and outrage about the US
Supreme Court's denial of a hearing to Mumia Abu-Jamal on the issue of
racial bias in jury selection, that is, the "Batson issue." Inasmuch as
there is no other court to which Abu-Jamal can appeal for justice, we turn
to you for remedy of a 27-year history of gross violations of US
constitutional law and international standards of justice as documented by
Amnesty International and many other legal groups around the world.
We call on you and the Justice Department to immediately commence a civil
rights investigation to examine the many examples of egregious and racist
prosecutorial and judicial misconduct dating back to the original trial in
1982 and continuing through to the current inaction of the US Supreme Court.
The statute of limitations should not be a factor in this case as there is
very strong evidence of an ongoing conspiracy to deny Abu-Jamal his
constitutional rights.
We are aware of the many differences that exist between the case of former
Senator Ted Stevens and Mumia Abu-Jamal. Still, we note with great interest
the actions you have taken with regard to Senator Stevens' conviction to
assure that he not be denied his constitutional rights. You were
specifically outraged by the fact that the prosecution withheld information
critical to the defense's argument for acquittal, a violation clearly
committed by the prosecution in Abu-Jamal's case. Mumia Abu-Jamal, though
not a US senator of great wealth and power, is a Black man revered around
the world for his courage, clarity, and commitment and deserves no less than
Senator Stevens.
Cordially,
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RETURN TO: FREE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL COALITION, PO BOX 16, COLLEGE STATION, NEW YORK, NY, 10030. For more info: 330-8029 www.freemumia.com
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