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Death Row: Then and Now
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Death Row: Then and Now. It is a daunting task to describe death row. That peculiarly American institution of ultimate excellence, where men, women, were sent to rot, to sit, to die. In the beginning,… Full Transcript
Justice of Eric Rick Joseph
Kenjuan Congo Jr.
Sign This is Petition My inmate number is NB7568. This is Kenjuan Congo Jr. calling from a prison camp behind enemy lines, and an objective of ours is justice for Eric Joseph. Eric Joseph is… Full Transcript
COVID Update from San Quentin’s Death Row
Richard A. Valdez
This is Richard Valdez, coming to you from San Quentin State Prison, California. The following commentary is titled, “COVID Update from San Quentin’s Death Row.” On Monday, July 18th, 2022, the East Block Condemned Unit… Full Transcript
Seeking Representation
Richard A. Valdez
My name is Richard Valdez, and I’m a Death Row prisoner at San Quentin State Prison reaching out for help to find competent state habeas counsel to represent me on my appeal. Due to Prop… Full Transcript
Youth Offenders
William A. Noguera
This is William A. Noguera calling from San Quentin’s Death Row. And this piece is “Discrimination and Youth Offendership.” Discrimination is something we should all strive to eliminate. However, there is a group of teenagers,… Full Transcript
Death Row Diaries
William A. Noguera
Hi, this is William Noguera, co-host of Death Row Diaries from San Quentin State Prison, the only true crime and paranormal podcast hosted by a death row convict on death row. If you love true… Full Transcript
Litigations Against PADOC
Derrick Gibson
Prisoners on death row here in Pennsylvania Department of Corrections have successfully litigated and won the argument of being housed in indefinite isolation of solitary confinement as being cruel and unusual punishment and inhumane treatment.… Full Transcript
Roderick Johnson Has Case Dismissed
Mumia Abu-Jamal
On Death Row he’s known as “Roddy,” short for Roderick—Roderick Johnson, in fact. For the last 23 years, “Roddy” has been on Pennsylvania’s Death Row, a co-defendant charged with 2 homicides: a drug deal gone… Full Transcript
Cold Days on Death Row
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Every place where death row stands is, by its very nature, a cold place. For what is colder than a government killing its own citizens? Especially after years of psychological and mental torture and the… Full Transcript
Locked Up and Locked Down
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Locked up and locked down.” For nearly a month now, all prisoners in Pennsylvania state prisons, over 40,000 men and women, have been locked down. What does lockdown mean? When I was on death row,… Full Transcript
A Bright Shining Hell
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Imagine.” Imagine living, eating, sleeping, relieving oneself, daydreaming, weeping, but mostly waiting, in the room the size of your bathroom. Now imagine doing all those things, but mostly waiting, for the rest of your life.… Full Transcript
Love: A Message from Mumia
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Dear brothers, sisters, comrades, friends on the MOVE. As we meet today, we are living examples of a truly remarkable movement: a movement for life, for liberation, for resistance, and yes, for love. We have… Full Transcript
PSA
Mumia Abu-Jamal
In 1992, the brilliant law professor Derrick Bell published Faces at the Bottom of the Well, a series of potent essays on the sustained efforts of America to assign the bottom of the well to… Full Transcript
Hep C: A New Death Row
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Hep C: A New Death Row.” When I left Death Row, little did I know that I was entering another quieter, non-obvious Death Row. Here, I’m not speaking of Pennsylvania’s draconian life sentences, what I’ve… Full Transcript
On Death Row Without a Sentence
Mumia Abu-Jamal
On Death Row With No Death Sentence. For several years now, well, over a decade, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections kept dozens of men on death row even though they didn’t have a pending death… Full Transcript
Update
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 Other Prisoners Compilation
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Last of Angola Three Free.” Albert Woodfox, the last of the Angola Three, walked free. Albert Woodfox has the dubious distinction of having spent 43 years in the hole—solitary confinement—in the infamous prison farm and… Full Transcript
Yeah, my name is KnowledgeBorn God Allah. and I am calling from San Quentin’s death row. And I’m the founder the Five Percent Nation and Gods of Earth, in San Quentin Prison in CDCR in… Full Transcript