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DESCRIPTION:THE MOBILIZATION TO FREE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL\n298 VALENCIA STREET, SAN 
 FRANCISCO , CA 94103\n415-255-1085 \n12/7/06\n MEDIA RELEASE/FOR IMMEDIATE 
 RELEASE\n \nU.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VOTES TO CONDEMN INNOCENT DEATH 
 ROW INMATE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL\n \nHOUSE VOTE OF 368-31, WITH EIGHT MEMBERS 
 VOTING NOT PRESENT, ASKS FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO INTERVENE AGAINST CITY OF ST. 
 DENIS (A SUBURB NORTH OF PARIS), TO RETRACT DECISION TO NAME STREET IN 
 HONOR OF INNOCENT DEATH ROW INMATE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL \n \nHOUSE DECISION 
 CONSTITUTES AN UNPRECEDENTED INTERVENTION INTO THE  PROCEEDINGS OF THE U.S. 
 CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM \n \nSAN FRANCISCO CONGRESSWOMAN NANCY PELOSI JOINS 
 IN VOTE TO CONDEMN ABU-JAMAL \n \nCONGRESSWOMAN BARBARA LEE VOTES AGAINST 
 CONDEMNATION \n \nMUMIA SUPPORTERS TO PICKET PELOSI OFFICES IN SAN 
 FRANCISCO\n \nPRESS CONFERENCE AND PICKET, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12\n12 
 NOON\nFEDERAL BUILDING , 450 GOLDEN GATE\nSAN FRANCISCO\n \nCONTACT PERSON: 
 JEFF MACKLER, CO-COORDINATOR, MOBILIZATION TO FREE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL \nO: 
 415-255-1080 \nCELL: 510-387-7714 \nH: 510-268-9429 \n \nOn December 6, in 
 a non-binding vote, the U.S. House of Representatives intervened in pending 
 FEDERAL litigation in the case of Pennsylvania death row inmate, Mumia 
 Abu-Jamal. \n \nBy a non-binding vote of 368-31, a motion introduced by two 
 Philadelphia- area congresspeople was approved demanding that the French 
 government intervene to pressure the Parisian suburb of St. Denis to 
 reverse an earlier decision to name a street Rue Mumia Abu-Jamal, honoring 
 a man who they believe did not receive a fair trial in the United States . 
 The City of St. Denis last week refused to change its decision. \n \nAn 
 earlier decision of the City of Paris itself granted Abu-Jamal honorary 
 citizenship, the first such honor bestowed since it was granted to Pablo 
 Picasso in 1967. \n \nFrench President Jacques Chirac has also added his 
 name to the long list of international and U.S. leaders who have condemned 
 the 1982 frame-up trial of Abu-Jamal. \n \nThe decision by the House of 
 Representatives constitutes a direct intervention into the legal 
 proceedings presently underway in the U.S. \n \nAbu-Jamal's case is slated 
 for oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. 
 This court, reversing previous rulings of the Federal District Court , 
 granted Abu-Jamal two additional certificates of appealability to challenge 
 racial bias in his trial and improper instructions to the jury. Abu-Jamal's 
 appeal also includes a challenge to the exclusion of 11 of 14 Black jurors. 
 \n \nThe State of Pennsylvania is appealing before the same court, seeking 
 a reinstitution of the death penalty. \n \nAbu-Jamal's lead attorney, 
 Robert R. Bryan, has repeatedly stated that the gross violations of his 
 client's constitutional rights will result in a new trial and freedom for a 
 man whose fight for life and justice is today supported by groups including 
 the Congressional Black Caucus, the NAACP, the city councils of San 
 Francisco and Detroit, the 1.8 million member California Labor Federation, 
 the European Parliament, the National Conference of Black Elected Officials 
 and other organizations representing hundreds of millions of people 
 worldwide. \n \n"The House action" said Pam Africa, chair of the 
 International Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal, who just returned from 
 Paris, "is designed to weigh in on and promote an atmosphere in the U.S. 
 judiciary that is prejudicial to Mumia's receiving any form of justice 
 today." \n \nSeveral leaders in the defense of Mumia Abu-Jamal will be 
 present at the Tuesday, December 12 Federal Building protest against the 
 vote of Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi. \n \nIssued by: The Mobilization to 
 Free Mumia Abu-Jamal ~ Jeff Mackler and Laura Herrera, Co-coordinators ~ 
 12-7-06 \n \n\n\n"If you live right and conduct yourself properly, you get 
 a lucky break now and then. And when an accident comes your way--a good 
 one--you should grab it and make the most of it."\n--James P. 
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SUMMARY:Protest Pelosi's Vote Against Mumia
LOCATION:Federal Building\n450 Golden Gate
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/12/09/18336416.php
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