From: "leslie jones" <youth4mumia@hotmail.com>
ONA MOVE!
peace everyone......
please help spread the word............
YOUTH COALITION MEETING
Friday, October 8, 1999
6:30 PM
4601 Market Street - 5th Floor (Mumia Office)
PHILADELPHIA
to get there by public transportation.... take the Blue Line to 46th
Street.... it's the big building across from Aldi market
you can catch the blue line from city hall, 30th street... anywhere on
Market Street
we'll be talking about the latest court decision... a demonstration on the
main line... and what our plans are for the next few months!
a NEW DEATH WARRANT can be signed ANY day now... we gotta ACT if we are
going to save Mumia's life!
please join us...
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MEDIA ALERT FOR OCTOBER 12
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ANGELA DAVIS WILL MEET WITH MUMIA ABU-JAMAL
ON DEATH ROW AND WILL HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE
IN PITTSBURGH AFTER EMERGING FROM DEATH ROW
Angela Davis, at one time on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List,
will hold a press conference on October 12 at 2:00 p.m. in the
Wyndham Garden Hotel located at 3454 Forbes Avenue
in Pittsburgh (Oakland). The press conference will follow her
visit with Mumia Abu-Jamal on death row in Waynesburg, PA.
Former California Governor Ronald Reagan once vowed that
Angela Davis would never teach in the University of California
system. Today, she is a tenured professor at the University
of California, Santa Cruz.
For more information, call Mark Clement at (724) 329-8573.
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NEXT STEPS:
From: "the defenestrator" <defenestrate68@hotmail.com>
Next Round for Mumia: Entering the Federal Courts
The Supreme Court has denied a request to review some of the
unconstitutional aspects of Mumia’s 1982 trial.
Why this is significant:
The Courts: We are now poised to go into the federal courts and file for
Habeas Corpus. We have been preparing for this moment for years.
• When we file for Habeas Corpus, a Federal District Court judge in
Philadelphia will be asked to hold a hearing on Mumia’s petition.
• If he agrees, this hearing will be Mumia’s LAST opportunity to present
the evidence and witnesses denied by the Pennsylvania courts.
• But the judge does not have to grant such a hearing. He could simply
rule based on the 1982 transcripts -- meaning none of our uncovered
evidence on witnesses, bullets, the “confession”, and more, will be
considered! And after this court, higher appeals courts will only review
transcripts -- they will not hear new evidence.
The Warrant: Meanwhile, Gov. Ridge may sign a death warrant any day.
• Of the seven death row inmates who were rejected by the Supreme Court,
Ridge has already signed three death warrants.
This is a most critical time for Mumia. Demonstrations and other
displays of mass support will make the difference.Your presence is needed!
• Be aware that a major demonstration is about to take place. The Habeas
Corpus filing will happen on the weekday after a death warrant is
signed, or (if the warrant is not signed) during the middle of this month.
We may only have 1 or 2 day’s notice.
• Make a list of friends, or your group’s members, to phone & e-mail
immediately when the announcement comes with date and time of the
demonstration.
• In addition to demonstrations, when we file for Habeas Corpus, there
will be a public press conference with Mumia’s lawyers at 6th and
Market Sts. in Center City (the U.S. Courthouse). STAY TUNED FOR
TIMES AND DATES!
For more info, call Int’l Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal
215-476-8812 • <mumia@webcom.com>
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NEXT STEPS:
From: Cybrgrace7@aol.com
Dear Friends of Mumia,
(1) IF Gov. Ridge signs a death warrant for Mumia there will be a strong
response in NYC and Philly (and this is even if a stay of execution is
obtained by then).
In NYC: the next business day (and that includes Columbus Day as a business
day):
1-2pm Gather at PBA, 40 Fulton St. and demand "Hands of Mumia!"
2pm March to Times Square (70 blks) for those who can; let's be visible for
Mumia! up Broadway 70 blocks!
4:30pm Demonstrate at Times Square (@ 42nd St. and Broadway)
[we are not going as a large group to ABC on 66th St. but some people are
assembling there at 4:30pm and marching down]
(2) In Philadelphia: they are having a day after demo at City Hall as well
and calling for everyone to join them for a regional demo:
(a) if a warrant is signed on monday - thursday the demo will be that
saturday in Philadelphia
(b) if a warrant is signed on friday, the demo will be on the second saturday
after (eight days) in Philadelphia, both assembling at: Pennsylvania State
Office Building at Broad and Spring Garden Streets, 11 am
People are riding the train down and there will be buses from NYC. Call the
Hotline 212-330-8029 and the In'tl Action Center 212+633-6646 for more info.
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NEXT STEPS:
From: Jeff Mackler <jmackler@sirius.com>
Emergency Call to Action
STOP THE EXECUTION OF MUMIA ABU-JAMAL!
Pennsylvania Governor Thomas Ridge is about to issue a warrant for the
execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal. His order will set a specific date for
Mumia's execution by lethal injection
Mumia will be immediately placed under 24-hour surveillance in a special
cell under Phase II conditions, or "Suicide Watch."
Governor Ridge and the death-seeking forces that stand behind him will have
issued an unprecedented challenge to our movement and to all those who
cherish democratic and human rights. The Governor's heinous deed will
demand of us a united response that must be heard in every quarter of our
society.
Mumia's fight for life will be placed at center stage of U.S. politics.
With unshakable confidence, we will now take the next critical steps
toward the building of a nationally coordinated, broadly-based, mass
movement to weigh in on Mumia's behalf.
We are pledged to make the contemplated murder of Mumia Abu-Jamal a
political price that is unquestionably too high to pay on the part of the
powerbrokers who currently oversee the unfolding battle. They will learn
that Mumia's case represents an irresistible challenge to the credibility
of their "criminal justice system."
The National Coordinators of Mumia's defense issue this call for emergency
protests in the U.S. and internationally for "The Day After" a warrant is
signed in as many cities as possible. (See below for additional details
regarding regional actions in Philadelphia and San Francisco.)
The death warrant is doubly outrageous because Governor Ridge knows full
well that within days Mumia's legal team, headed by Leonard Weinglass, will
be filing for a writ of habeas corpus in the Federal District Court. This
will initiate the federal appeal's process and, at the same time, secure a
stay of the Governor's warrant for Mumia's execution.
The defense team will request an evidentiary hearing in order to present to
the Federal District Court vital material that was banned from the State
court records by the actions of Judge Albert Sabo.
Mumia's case has now entered a qualitatively new phase. While it is
impossible to predict a time line, all agree that the legal proceedings
have entered the "fast track." At the extreme, the Federal District Court
may invoke the "presumption of correctness" standard of the 1996 Effective
Death Penalty Act and refuse both an evidentiary hearing and a Federal
District Court review. Such an action would restart the countdown on
Mumia's life.
There are a number of legal options available in this eventuality,
including an additional appeal to the Federal District Court for a
three-judge hearing, and, if, necessary, subsequent appeals to the Federal
Circuit Court of Appeals, and finally to the U.S. Supreme Court. The time
period for these appeals could be collapsed into a matter of months. A
longer scenario, however, is certainly not excluded.
The immediate mobilization of Mumia's supporters in the days ahead is our
top priority. Based on the major achievements of Mumia's freedom struggle
over the past years, we will then proceed with a comprehensive and united
plan of action designed to bring to bear the full power and influence of
all those who seek justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Stop the Execution!
For a New Trial Now!
Pam Africa, Internat'l Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal
Safiya Bukhari, New York Free Mumia Coalition
Herman Ferguson, New African Liberation Front
Clark Kissinger, Refuse and Resist
Jeff Mackler, Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal
Monica Moorehead, National People's Campaign
Joan Parkin, Campaign to End the Death Penalty
Marcus Rediker, Western PA. Committee to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal
Mark Taylor, Academics for Mumia Abu_jamal
Steve Weiser, The Bruderhoff
Philadelphia Regional Protest: If a warrant is signed on Monday - Thursday
the "Day After" demonstration will be that Saturday in Philadelphia. If a
warrant is signed on Friday, the demonstration will be on the second
"Saturday After" (eight days) in Philadelphia, assembling at: Pennsylvania
State Office Building at Broad and Spring Garden Streets, 11 am. People are
riding the train down and there will be buses from NYC. Call the
Hotline 212-330-8029 and the In'tl Action Center 212-633-6646 for more
info. For Philadelphia information: International Concerned Family and
Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal: 215-476-8812.
San Francisco: If the warrant is signed on Friday, October 8, the "Day
After:" rally is set for Saturday, October 9, 12:00 Noon, Powell and Market
Streets followed by 12 Noon regional march and rally on Saturday, October
16 assembling at Powell and Market. Call: The Mobilization to Free Mumia
Abu-Jamal: 415-695-7745.
Jeffrey Mackler
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WE MUST NOT FAIL!
International Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal
P.O. Box 19709 - Philadelphia, PA 19143
Ph: 215-476-8812 / Fax: 215-476-7551
Web: www.mumia.org / E-mail: mumia@webcom.com
MUMIA MUST LIVE! TIME IS RUNNING OUT!