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Lucretia And The Law Of Lawlessness: Clemons Cops Out
(Originally published on This Can’t Be Happening!, April 4, 2023)
When Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Lucretia Clemons released an inmate from prison in May 2021, she clearly saw how prosecutors illegally withholding evidence of innocence caused that Philadelphia man to languish in prison for nearly 30-years on a wrongful murder conviction.
As Clemons released Eric Riddick from prison on May 28, 2021, she declared that misconduct by Philadelphia prosecutors against Riddick constituted a “constitutional violation.”
Continue readingBearing Witness March 11 at ILWU Local 10 Union Hall (Video)
The March 11 Bearing Witness program, as viewed by live stream at the ILWU, longshore workers union local 10 hall in San Francisco, was wonderful and inspiring. Local 10 and the Labor Action Committee to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal co-sponsored the live stream preceded by a report back from longshore delegates who went to South Africa last month to build international support—mainly in Africa—for Mumia. So, before the live stream of the Bearing Witness event, we heard 4 longshore workers speak about their experience and we viewed a short video of a militant demonstration of the largest union in South Africa, NUMSA for freeing Mumia.
Continue readingJohn McDonnell, Member of Parliament for Hayes & Harlington, Sends Letter to Judge Lucretia in Support of Mumia
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Dear Honourable Judge Lucretia Clemons,
Re: The Release of Mumia Abu-Jamal
I am writing to you as a Member of the UK Parliament for 26 years with reference the sustained injustice that has plagued the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal who has been spent many decades incarcerated.
This is a case I have followed closely and raised in the UK Parliament for decades, first under the Presidency of Bill Clinton, supporting an Early Day Motion asking the President “to intervene to prevent the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal and to guarantee him the conditions for a fair trial.”
Continue readingNUMSA (National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa) Marches to U.S. Embassy in Pretoria
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), the largest union in South Africa, with approximately 340,000 members, marched to the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria to demand the immediate release of Mumia Abu-Jamal on March 10, 2023.