I hope folks are able to come out for this protest in support of Mumia in Portland. If you are not in Portland, there are protests happening all over the country, so attend one near you. Obviously laws and legality are disregarded when it is convenient. The only way Mumia is coming home is through the pressure the work of the people.



Protest for Mumia
Saturday, April 11, 2009
10 am
Pioneer Courthouse Square
Downtown Portland
more information at http://mumia.justfree.com

Award winning journalist/radio commentary/ political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal’s appeal to the US Supreme Court for a new guilt phase trial was denied April 6, 2009.

Abu-Jamal's appeal was based primarily on the US Supreme Court's 1986 "Batson v Kentucky" ruling which stated that a defendant deserves a new trial if it can be shown that the prosecutor used peremptory strikes to remove otherwise qualified jurors simply because of their race. At Abu-Jamal's 1982 trial, prosecutor Joseph McGill used 10 or 11 of his 15 strikes to remove otherwise acceptable black jurors.

Please come out to protest this gross miscarriage of justice, an injustice which is based in part on race and on Mumia’s unwavering and eloquent challenging of injustice around the world.

Saturday, April 11, 2009
10 am
Pioneer Courthouse Square
Downtown Portland
(flyer attached)

The US Supreme Court has not yet decided whether it will further consider the Philadelphia DA's appeal of the 2001/2008 rulings of two lower courts, which ruled that Abu-Jamal deserves a new sentencing hearing if the death penalty is to be re-instated. If the US Supreme Court rules in favor of the DA, Abu-Jamal can then be executed WITHOUT a new sentencing hearing.

Read more at: http://www.phillyimc.org/en/us-supreme-court-rejects-mumia-abu-jamals-appeal-new-guilt-phase-trial


Radio interview with Mumia in response to ruling:
http://www.prisonradio.org/mumia_interview_4_6_09.htm

www.freemumia.org