Mumia's Trial Continues Today In Philly

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From: Litestar01 [at] aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 12:05 PM


Peace all! The latest is that Mumia Abu-Jamal won\'t be brought into
Philadelphia court because there isn\'t enough room in the prison!?!?! As
Pam Africa so rightly said \'Are they still locking people up today?!?\'


You better believe they will be locking folks up this day and tomorrow and
the next one too. What a crock!


This is another attempt to deny Mumia the right to speak for himself and in
his own behalf. And because of the overwhelming support that will be here
for him.


This decision was not made by Judge Patricia Dembe, who will not return from
vacation until Thursday (08-16-01) It was made by the Court Administrator
and appears to be an arbitrary decision, focused on diluting the support for
Mumia that will be here.


There has already been a trial wherin Mumia was not allowed to participate!
We demand that he be brought into court to speak for himself! If he
isn\'t brought in, we still will pack the court, the streets and the
surrounding area because we see what these lying filthy government types are
doing! They are determined to kill Mumia and we are more determined that
THEY WILL NOT!


Attorneys are right now filing in court to overturn this decision, but on the
chance that Mumia isn\'t allowed into court, we still must BE THERE ON AUGUST
17th!


Call the Criminal Justice Bldg at 1301 Filbert Street, to DEMAND that Mumia
be there to face those who are making decisions on HIS LIFE!


1301 Filbert Street
Criminal Justice Bldg
215 686 7000


Mayor John Street
City Hall
215 686 0463


PCRA HEARINGS
1301 Filbert Street
215 686 5708


onamove!
Fatirah
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PRESS RELEASE
August 14, 2001
FREE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL COALITION, NYC
Contact: Suzanne Ross (212)927-2924


In a surprise move, strongly reminiscent of his original trial, Mumia
Abu-Jamal has just been ordered to be kept away from his upcoming August
17th court hearing. On July 27, 2001, Judge Pamela Dembe ordered Mumia
Abu-Jamal to appear in the Pennsylvania State Court of Common Pleas. Yet,
yesterday, August 13, 2001, the Court Administrator of this same court,
Joseph J. DiPrimio, the Court Administrator of the First Judicial District,
stated that Mumia should not be transported down to Philadelphia, as there
will not be any room in the Philadelphia prisons to house Mumia. Of course
we know that in 1995-6, when Mumia was present in the courtroom, he was
actually housed in a prison outside of Philadelphia.


They already picked a date that Marcus Garvey supporters always celebrate
with a yearly parade in Harlem; that Sharpton and the Vieques supporters are
gathering on the release of Sharpton from jail; that Maddox has a annual
founding anniversary dinner; that students are out on vacation and many
professionals are out of town on vacation.


With all that we\'ve been able to mobilize many people across the east coast
to Chicago and info Canada, and have even organized a delegation from France


It is clear that the forces that want to see Mumia executed did not expect
us to be able to mobilize this kind of enthusiastic response for Mumia that
is clearly evident, and are now trying to derail us, once again, by
announcing that Mumia will not be in court on the 17th. The international
concerned family and friends of m has declared that this is an outrageous
move by the government, and that once again this system is determined to
deny Mumia the right to be present in the courtroom when his life is at
stake. For ourselves, for our movement, for all Mumia supports, for all
anti-death penalty activists, for all justice and freedom-loving people, we
demand that Mumia have the right to hear the legal proceedings about his
case. We urge all activists and supporters to come to Philadelphia in even
larger numbers, because if Mumia is NOT there, then we must stand not only
WITH Mumia, but FOR Mumia.


All out to Philadelphia on the 17th. Ona Move.


Joseph J. DiPrimio, Court Administrator
(215) 686-2547 phone
(215) 686-7485 fax
City Hall, Room 336, Philadelphia, PA 10107.


John Street, Mayor of Philadelphia
(215) 686-2181 phone
(215) 686-2180 fax
City Hall, Room 215, Philadelphia, PA 10107