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John 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.”

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