Mumia Abu-Jamal
Former Lehman Brothers banker to head New York City’s Housing Authority
By Sandy English, May 26, 2009
New York City’s billionaire mayor, Michael Bloomberg, has appointed a fellow Wall Street veteran, former Lehman Brothers top executive John B. Rhea, to head the New York City Housing Authority.
US Supreme Court rejects appeal by Mumia Abu-Jamal for new trial
By Barry Grey, April 7, 2009
The United States Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an appeal for a new trial by Mumia Abu-Jamal, whose struggle over more than a quarter century against his murder conviction in a politically a...
US Supreme Court denies Mumia Abu-Jamal’s appeal for new trial
By Hiram Lee, October 20, 2008
The US Supreme Court has denied Mumia Abu-Jamal's appeal for a new trial. A well-respected journalist and political activist, Abu-Jamal was convicted in 1982 of murdering Philadelphia police officer D...
US Supreme Court clears way for execution of likely innocent death row inmate
By Kate Randall, October 16, 2008
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear the appeal of Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis. The case against Davis, convicted in the 1989 killing of an off-duty Savannah police office, has gain...
Break-in at Philadelphia office of supporters of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal
By Tom Bishop, June 19, 2000
The leadership of the movement in support of death row inmate and political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal has been subjected to yet another attack on their right to organize in his defense, with a June 8 b...
Federal magistrate imposes severe restrictions on supporters of US political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal
By Joseph Tanniru, June 14, 2000
A federal magistrate has imposed severe restrictions on several prominent organizers of the campaign to defend US political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal because they allegedly refused to obey a policeman'...
Thousands rally in New York in support of Mumia Abu-Jamal
By Tom Bishop and Alan Whyte, May 19, 2000
Some 5,000 supporters of death row inmate and political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal attended a rally May 7 in New York City's Madison Square Garden.
Ohio college students defend decision to hear US political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal
By Denise Enders and Helen Halyard, April 24, 2000
Facing threats and pressure from the Philadelphia District Attorney's office and police organizations, students and faculty at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio have defended their decision to h...
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter supports campaign for US political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal
By Paul Scherrer, April 7, 2000
Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, the former middleweight boxer and frame-up victim, pledged support for political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal during a March 25 anti-death penalty forum held in Pitts...
Conference organizers direct Mumia Abu-Jamal defense campaign to Democratic Party
By Helen Halyard and Jerry White, March 25, 2000
An Emergency National Conference to Save Mumia Abu-Jamal was held in New York City on February 19 to discuss the campaign for a new trial and freedom for the US political prisoner. In the course of th...
Mumia Abu-Jamal supporters arrested in Washington anti-death penalty protest
By Kate Randall, March 1, 2000
About 500 people demonstrated outside of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC Monday, protesting the death penalty and demanding a new trial for political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. Jamal has been in...
TV documentary presents case of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal
By Tom Bishop, February 23, 2000
On Wednesday, February 16 the US cable network Arts & Entertainment presented the documentary "Death Row Radical: Mumia Abu-Jamal" as part of its American Justice series. Mumia has been on death row f...
