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The Death of The Death Penalty
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The death of the death penalty. In a stunning surprise, the jury, hearing sentencing arguments in the case of Nicholas Cruz at the Stoneman Douglas School, Parkland, FL for the killing of 17 people, recommended… Full Transcript
D.B.I.
Kenjuan Congo Jr.
This is Kenjuan Congo, Jr. from the belly of the beast. My inmate number is ND7568. In issue number 46 of the Movement, I published an article about death by incarceration. This started a lot… Full Transcript
The Truth About The Death Penalty
William A. Noguera
I am William A. Noguera, and this piece is entitled “The Truth About The Death Penalty.” I’m calling from Death Row at San Quentin Prison. Mention the death penalty, and people usually take sides: those… Full Transcript
Equal Protection: Fact or Fiction
William A. Noguera
Hello, and welcome to Prison Radio commentaries. I am William A. Noguera, and this piece is entitled “Equal Protection: Fact or Fiction.” In this country, everyone is supposed to be treated equally and fairly. However,… Full Transcript
Virginia Departs The Death Game
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Virginia Departs the Death Game.” The state of Virginia, long the center of the American system of using the death penalty, has now, just days ago, abolished it. Virginia, the state from which most U.S. presidents… Full Transcript
An Abolitionist Life
Mumia Abu-Jamal
What does it mean to call oneself an abolitionist? The word doesn’t mean today what it meant 150 years ago. Then, it meant an end to what some have called ‘America’s Original Sin’–Slavery. Today? Well,… Full Transcript
For Dylann Roof: Life
Mumia Abu-Jamal
For Dylann Roof, the next few days and weeks of his young life will prove his most memorable. That’s saying something, considering his slaughter of 9 sweet souls in a Black Charleston church. For, in… Full Transcript
On Politics
Clintonism Defined
Judging Injustice
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Several weeks ago, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision, as rare as it i was remarkable. It overturned a decision by the PA Supreme Court, strongly rebuked that court’s former chief justice, and issued… Full Transcript
The Clinton Coup
Mumia Featured on Democracy Now
Mumia Abu-Jamal
JUAN GONZÁLEZ: We end today’s show with news that a federal judge has denied a request from former Black Panther and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal for a life-saving medication that could cure his hepatitis C. Mumia… Full Transcript
Shorty’s Fight For Justice
Shorty Wins Again (Jimmy Dennis)
If You Die in Prison, It’s the Death Penalty
Don’t Let The Perfect Be The Enemy of The Good
What to a Prisoner is the Fourth of July
Butter Scores (Terrence Williams U.S. Supreme Court Reversal)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
His name is ‘Butter’, but to lawyers, judges and cops he’s known as Terrance Williams, a man who, in 2012, came within a few days to die. Williams was convicted of the 1984 homicide/robbery of… Full Transcript
This is Kenjuan Congo, Jr. calling from a prison camp behind enemy lines. The title of This piece is “The Death Penalty.” The death penalty continues to be a controversial subject in the United States… Full Transcript