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Billboard Project for Parole
Omar Askia Ali
My name is, uh, my given name is Edward Sistrunk. My Islamic name is Omar Askia Ali which I’m knowing more by. My topic this day is about a billboard set up in Pennsylvania, across… Full Transcript
Declaration of Genocide
Omar Askia Ali
The subject matter today is a declaration of genocide. The practice to systematically exclude African-Americans from the jury process here, hereby generating an all-white jury, is a declaration of genocide by the Philadelphia district attorney… Full Transcript
Mass Incarceration
Omar Askia Ali
My name is Omar Askia Ali, AKA Edward Sistrunk. I’m calling in reference to the, uh, mass incarceration. The United States imprisons more residents than any other nation in the world. Over 2.2 million individuals… Full Transcript
On Parole For Lifers
Omar Askia Ali
My name is, uh, Omar Askia Ali, aka Edward Sistrunk. I’m housed in Coal Township in Pennsylvania. I’m speaking about parole eligibility for life-sentence prisoners in the state of Pennsylvania. There is a dire need… Full Transcript
Pennsylvania: Lifers Without Parole
Omar Askia Ali
My name is, uh, Omar Askia Ali, aka Edward Sistrunk. I’m housed in Coal Township in Pennsylvania. I’m speaking about parole eligibility for life-sentence prisoners in the state of Pennsylvania. There is a dire need… Full Transcript
Lifers Do Better On Parole
Omar Askia Ali
Statistics show that 85 to 90 percent of those incarcerated are in prison for economically related crimes, mostly due to poverty and lack of education and lack of employable skills. Moreover, the recidivism rate among… Full Transcript
House Bill 135
Omar Askia Ali
My name is Edward Sistrunk, AKA Omar Askia Ali. In most states, there is parole eligibility for life-sentence prisoners. However, that is not the case in Pennsylvania. Therefore, House Bill 135 has been submitted for… Full Transcript
Pressure on Philly DA
Omar Askia Ali
My name is Omar Askia Ali AKA Edward Sistrunk. I’ve been incarcerated since 1971. In an article of the Philadelphia Daily News, 5/18/17, page 16, state that a man named Joseph Langley, incarcerated in 1953,… Full Transcript
Omar Askia Ali
Omar Askia Ali
My given name is Edward Sistrunk. My Islamic name is Omar Askia Ali. My current address is one Kelly drive, Coal Township, PA 17866-1021. Also go online and review my column of a newspaper, page… Full Transcript
Essay
Omar Askia Ali
My name is Edward Sistrunk. I’m known as Omar Askia Ali. I’ve been incarcerated since 1971, tried twice by an all-white jury for a murder robbery case that I had nothing to do with. The… Full Transcript
My name is Omar Askia Ali, AKA Edward Sistrunk. I’m reading an article from a dear friend of mine. It doesn’t need to be repeated because it speaks for us all. It starts off: “Prisoner’s… Full Transcript