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Author of new book on Mumia analyzes March 27 court ruling
The Third Circuit – if it had followed its own precedent – would have found the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s ruling denying Abu-Jamal’s Batson claim “unreasonable” and remanded the case back to Federal District Court Judge Yohn – the judge who ruled on Abu-Jamal’s habeas corpus petition in 2001 – to hold an evidentiary hearing to determine the prosecutors’s reasons for excluding the 10 potential black jurors he struck.
The Third Circuit – if it had followed its own precedent – would have found the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s ruling denying Abu-Jamal’s Batson claim “unreasonable” and remanded the case back to Federal District Court Judge Yohn – the judge who ruled on Abu-Jamal’s habeas corpus petition in 2001 – to hold an evidentiary hearing to determine the prosecutors’s reasons for excluding the 10 potential black jurors he struck.
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