[Please note that the following article is posted for informational purposes only. It does not represent the position of the Labor Action Committee to Free Mumia. Contrary to the Philadelphia NAACP, Mumia’s case is not only about “due process”. The evidence, in our opinion, clearly shows that Mumia was framed for the murder of Daniel Faulkner.]

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2019/01/27/philadelphia-naacp-takes-issue-with-das-ruling-against-appeal-for-convicted-cop-killer-mumia-abu-jamal/

January 27, 2019 at 7:33 pm

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The District Attorney’s decision to appeal a ruling that would allow Mumia Abu-Jamal to appeal his case has drawn swift reaction from the Philadelphia NAACP.

Abu-Jamal is a convicted cop killer, while some describe him as an activist.

The President of the Philadelphia Chapter of the NAACP has a message for the district attorney’s office.

“The NACCP is not here to argue guilt or innocence of Mr. Jamal,” said Minister Rodney Muhammad of the Philadelphia NAACP. “We are talking about due process.”

He denounced District Attorney Larry Krasner’s move to appeal Judge Leon Tucker’s ruling that would allow Abu-Jamal to appeal the case against him.

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[Please note: the following article is posted for informational purposes only. The Labor Action Committee does not approve of language in the article such as “convicted cop killer”. A so-called “conviction” before a trial judge (Judge Sabo) who stated before trial that “I’m going to help them fry the n—–” is not a legitimate conviction. To the contrary, the evidence quite clearly shows that Mumia was framed for the murder of Daniel Faulkner.]

http://www.philly.com/news/philadelphia-da-office-appeal-mumia-abu-jamal-judge-leon-tucker-20190125.html

by Chris Palmer, Updated: January 25, 2019

The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office on Friday appealed a judge’s ruling that convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal should be allowed to reargue his appeal before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

The decision is the latest development in the long-running post-conviction saga of Abu-Jamal, 64, a former Black Panther and sometime radio reporter serving a life sentence for the Dec. 9, 1981, shooting death of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner, 25, at 13th and Locust Streets.

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http://www.philly.com/news/mumia-abu-jamal-daniel-faulkner-boxes-case-files-20190110.html

The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office has informed a judge that prosecutors have found six boxes of files in the case of convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal that may be significant to his appeals effort. Or, they could just be copies of existing documents.

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