There will be a June 9th press conference and rally for Mumia Abu-Jamal from 4-6pm at the Federal Building in San Francisco, 450 Golden Gate at Larkin). The rally is part of a national and international effort to win new support for Mumia's appeal and to counter the efforts to execute him. The State of Pennsylvania has recently filed an appeal seeking to reinstate the order to execute Mumia. Governor Ed Rendell has said that if the appeal is upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, he will sign the third warrant for Mumia's execution. Barring the unlikely intervention of the U.S. Supreme Court, Mumia will have 90 days to live.

Two Pennsylvania Congresspeople are introducing legislation to demand that the Parisian suburb of Saint Denis reverse its decision to name a major street after Mumia. The new street, leading to the largest sports stadium in Europe, the Nelson Mandela Stadium, has been formally named Rue Mumia Abu-Jamal. Mumia's legal team, headed by Robert R. Bryan, has expressed the view that Mumia's final appeal on the three central issues before the court will be successful and that the Pennsylvania's effort to execute Mumia will fail. However, Bryan warns that nothing is certain in these matters and especially in these times. Read more

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