Death Sentence Lifted from Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal

In addition to the exclusion of African Americans on the jury selected to hear the case presented during the trial of community activist and former president of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists by the presiding judge, Judge Albert Sabo, other questionable acts, possibly demonstrating bias on the part of the judge, were detailed in a number of documents pertaining to this case.

This is a copy of the:

BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD,
NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BLACK LAWYERS, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DEMOCRATIC LAWYERS, CHARLES HAMILTON HOUSTON INSTITUTE FOR RACE & JUSTICE of HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, SOUTHERN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS,
and NATIONAL JURY PROJECT
IN SUPPORT OF APPELLEE/CROSS-APPELLANT MUMIA ABU-JAMAL

For whatever reason, the system still locks up when I try to hit reply, so here's an "everyone inclusive" reply.

I doubt the prosecutor will go for the death penalty again. Between the movie stars, the street agitation, and the myths circulated about the case, they're luck to be able to keep him in prison.

There's no doubt that he shot the officer in cold blood, in the back,unless suddenly separate witnesses, all strangers to each other, decided, on the spot, to spontaneously collude on statements.

Here's something very telling from the Daniel Faulkner website: "The jury knew that William Cook was the closest person to the murder. Yet the jury never heard Cook testify on his brother's behalf. It does not require a degree in rocket science to understand the significance of the fact that Cook would allow his brother to be sentenced to death rather than testify to his supposed innocence. Is it believable that an "innocent" Mumia Abu-Jamal would simply accept his brother's silence and not demand to have him testify to his innocence in order to save him from conviction?"

No matter what your race, killing cops because you "hate pigs" is not acceptable.

I'm surprised more white defendants haven't filed for injunctions and actions in their cases, if found guilty, if there is a black judge, black prosecutor, or several blacks on the jury. Same difference, IMHO.