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To: RobertRBryan@aol.com<br>
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:27 PM<br>
Subject: Mumia Abu-Jamal - Legal Update [Please Circulate]<br><br>
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Dear Friends:<br><br>
Two weeks ago the District Attorney of Philadelphia filed a brief in
reply<br>
to our most recent brief filed on behalf of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Even
though<br>
this was to be the last of the briefs before oral argument, we felt<br>
obligated to respond due to the complexity of the issues and the<br>
government's factual misrepresentations. Attached is the Response
of<br>
Appellee and Appellant, Mumia Abu-Jamal, to Sur-Reply Brief,
submitted<br>
this week to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third
Circuit,<br>
Philadelphia.<br><br>
This case is of enormous consequence. It concerns the
political<br>
repression of an outspoken journalist known globally as the "Voice
of the<br>
Voiceless," the right to a fair trial, and the struggle against the
death<br>
penalty. The authorities want to kill my client in order to silence
his<br>
voice and pen. We must not let that occur. Racism and
politics are<br>
threads that have run through this case since his arrest on December
9,<br>
1981, and continue today.<br><br>
Each of the issues under consideration by the federal court are of
great<br>
constitutional significance. They include:<br>
a.. The prosecutor's exclusion of African Americans from sitting
on the<br>
jury.<br>
b.. The bias and racism of the trial judge, Albert F. Sabo, who
stated<br>
that he was going to "help'em fry the nigger."<br>
c.. The prosecutor's "appeal after appeal" argument that
essentially<br>
called upon the jurors to disregard the right to the presumption of<br>
innocence and reasonable doubt, and err on the side of guilt.<br>
d.. The judge's unfair and skewed jury instructions and verdict
form<br>
that resulted in the death penalty, since jurors were precluded from<br>
considering any mitigating evidence unless they all agreed on the<br>
existence of a particular special circumstance.<br>
We will be presenting oral argument before a three-judge panel in the
U.S.<br>
Court of Appeals. Even though no date has been set, this will likely
occur<br>
within the next few months.<br><br>
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My purpose remains to win this life-and-death struggle, gain a new
and<br>
fair trial, and see my client walk out of jail a free person.
However, as<br>
I have warned, Mr. Abu-Jamal remains in great danger.<br><br>
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Thank you for your concern in this campaign for justice.<br><br>
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With best wishes,<br><br>
Robert<br>
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Robert R. Bryan<br>
Law Offices of Robert R. Bryan<br>
2088 Union Street, Suite 4<br>
San Francisco, California 94123<br><br>
Lead counsel for Mumia Abu-Jamal<br><br>
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Free All Political Prisoners!<br>
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