Federal court order requiring new sentencing hearing, citing constitutional defects in the instructions given to the jury that sentenced Mumia to death. (PDF file, 657K)
Concerned students from across the country working to educate people about political prisoners in the United States.
Editorial by Terry Bisson about the political climate in Philadelphia, Mumia's background, and the demand for a new trial.
A guide to some of the conflicting information and opinions available on the Net.
Contains news on the case, list of upcoming pro-Mumia demonstrations, explanation of the issues in state and Federal courts, court transcripts, and an archive of Mumia's writings.
Mumia Abu-Jamal is a political prisoner on death row who was framed for the murder of a police officer in 1982.
A federal judge in Philadelphia has thrown out the death sentence against former journalist and Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal.
Affidavits with testimony from nine persons who did not testify at the original trial, including Mumia and his brother William Cook asserting innocence and Arnold Beverly confessing to the killing. Court briefs and rulings related to them.
Discusses why the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal has gotten little black community support. [Salon News]
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