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Jondhi Harrell Doesn’t Speak for PA Lifer Prisoners
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
“Johndi Harrell doesn’t speak for Pennsylvania lifer prisoners,” by Kerry Shakaboona Marshall. Pennsylvania’s primary elections was bittersweet for Pennsylvania lifer prisoners and families in regards to the reelection of State Representative Jason Dawkins of the… Full Transcript
Omar Askia Ali
Omar Askia Ali
Hello, my name is Omar Askia Ali AKA Edward Sistrunk. Uh, my topic is the Philadelphia new DA. It is understood that a prosecutor has a higher calling than just to win. He or she… Full Transcript
A House is Not a Home
Mumia Abu-Jamal
She sits in utter stillness. Her coffee-brown features, as if set an obsidian, as if a mask, barely perceptible, the tears threatening to overflow that dark proud maternal face, a face held still by rage.… Full Transcript
Philly DA Win by Shakaboona
Omar Askia Ali
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
Philly Judges Seek Legal Lynching of Child Lifer
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
July 24-25, 2017, marks the date that Kempis “Ghani” Songster will have a highly-contested resentencing hearing in a Philadelphia courtroom, and we are calling every Woman, Man, and Child, to appear at the Courthouse in… Full Transcript
Larry Krasner, The People’s Champ
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
An insubstantial number of right-wing conservatives of the Fraternal Order of Police (F.O.P.) and the Democratic and Republican parties in Philadelphia dread the very thought of Democratic nominee Larry Krasner winning the November 7th general election… Full Transcript
Shorty
Mumia Abu-Jamal
For Jimmy Shorty-Dennis, freedom, even from the bowels of death row, had a taste somewhat bittersweet. He’s free, yes, for the first time in 26 years, from the dark funk of Pennsylvania’s capital case unit,… Full Transcript
Black Lives Don’t Matter & Neither Does Video
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Black lives don’t matter, and neither does video.” The trial of the killer cop who shot an unarmed black man named Walter Scott is off, hung jury. If the videotaped killing of Walter Scott wasn’t… Full Transcript
Birth of A Rebel
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Birth of a rebel.” May 1st, 1989. What brought Ramona Johnson, a shy, introverted but strong-willed woman, to courtroom 253 of Philadelphia’s decaying city hall. A law student at Temple University, she seemed drawn to… Full Transcript
Mumia on the 50th Anniversary of the Black Panther Party
Denial of Transfer Prevents Representation
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions in Miller v. Alabama and Montgomery v. Louisiana held that mandatory Life-Without-Parole (LWOP) sentences were unlawful for child homicide offenders and required trial courts to provide child homicide offenders a… Full Transcript
Mumia Interviewed About Marijuana on Kiss the Sky Radio
PA Federal Judge Says Re-sentencing To 35-Years-to-Life is Illegal
Philly DA Seth Williams Blocked Child Lifers’ Path to Freedom
Shorty Wins Again (Jimmy Dennis)
August 8th, 1978
Mumia Abu-Jamal
August has barely broken its first week, when police gunfire shattered the tense early morning air. It was West Philadelphia, 1978, just blocks from Drexel University. For over a year, Philadelphia police occupied the neighborhood… Full Transcript
Mumia Abu-Jamal on Democracy Now!
Mumia Abu-Jamal
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. We are “Breaking with Convention: War, Peace and the Presidency.” I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. We’re broadcasting from the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, broadcasting outside that… Full Transcript
What to a Prisoner is the Fourth of July
Major Battles On
Mumia Abu-Jamal
For over 31 years, Major Tillery has been a prisoner of the State. Despite that extraordinary fact, he continues his battles, both in the prison for his health, and in the courts for his freedom.… Full Transcript
“There is nothing like the Human Rights Coalition organization,” by Kerry Shakaboona Marshall. The Human Rights Coalition, HRC, in Pennsylvania is the most dynamic organization in America. The HRC began the current criminal justice reform… Full Transcript