Please sign the petition to President Obama, supported by Mumia
Abu-Jamal and by his attorney, calling on the president to speak out
against the death penalty and support a new, fair trial for Mumia
Abu-Jamal. As you can see from the email below, this matter is about to
enter a critical new phase in which Mumia’s execution may be imminent.
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Subject: [NLGAnnouncements] Mumia & the death penalty – Petition to
Pres. Obama
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:13:58 -0500
From: Heidi Boghosian
From Robert R. Bryan, lead attorney for Mumia Abu-Jamal:
Today I put online a petition for President Barack Obama regarding Mumia
& the death penalty. I ask that you & your colleagues sign it as soon as
possible. The link to the Petition is:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/Mumialaw/petition.html
Signers within the first few hours include Günter Grass, Nobel Prize
winner in literature, Madame Danielle Mitterrand, former First Lady of
France, Fatima Bhutto, Noam Chomsky, Ed Asner, etc.
I expect a decision next week from the U.S. Supreme Court on the
question of the death penalty. Mumia & I are very concerned, because
earlier this week the court denied relief in a similar case, /Smith v.
Spisak/. Either we get a green light to proceed with the new jury trial
we previously won on the question of death or life, or we are closer to
an execution.
Robert R. Bryan
Law Offices of Robert R. Bryan
2088 Union Street, Suite 4
San Francisco, CA 94123-4117
[Tel: (415) 385-8159 cell]
/Lead counsel for Mumia Abu-Jamal/
Filed under: Fighting oppression, Justice, justice
I support a new, fair trial for Mumia.