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DN Interview Amy Goodman
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
Cetewayo Freed from the Hole
Mumia Abu-Jamal
On the white card above his cell door, the name Arthur Johnson is typed, followed by his prison number. Johnson has been held in solitary confinement in half a dozen PA prisons, since 1979, late… 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
Mumia Speaks
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
House Bill 2135 and Parole Eligibility for Life Sentence Prisoners
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
In a House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda posted May 25,2016 to all House members, Representative Jason Dawkins announced he will be introducing a bill in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives that will abolish Life-Without-Parole (LWOP) imprisonment in… Full Transcript
Lynne Stewart: Good afternoon Mumia. What a pleasure this is.Mumia Abu-Jamal: It is a pleasure for us both I hope.LS: I think so.MAJ: You have been seems to me. Singled out by the highest levels… Full Transcript