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After Miller-El, Mumia Abu-Jamal May Appeal

By Dave Lindorff

The Supreme Court’s Miller-El ruling could be a big break for Mumia Abu-Jamal, the black Philadelphia journalist on Pennsylvania’s Death Row since 1982. The jury issues in the two murder cases are strikingly similar. In Miller-El, the Dallas district attorney used peremptory challenges to eliminate 10 of 11 qualified black jurors. The high court said this was evidence of possible racism… return to article

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    The problem with Abu-Jamal’s continued appeals is that none are based on whether he did or did not kill Daniel Faulkner.

    If anyone has read the statements of the recent “new witness” Abu-Jamal brought forward last year (perhaps in 2001) you see just how far removed from reality any of his ‘factual’ defences are.

    His own brother witnessed the death of Daniel Faulkner.  Mumia Abu Jamal has never attempted to present any testimony by his brother as to what he saw.

    United States Posted by Nus on Mar 26, 2003 at 9:25 PM
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