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From: RobertRBryan@aol.com<br><br>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 10:48 AM<br><br>
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Dear Friends:<br><br>
Since last spring we have been engaged on behalf of Mumia Abu-Jamal
in<br>
briefing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit,<br>
Philadelphia. It is the most extensive I have seen in three decades
of<br>
specializing in capital litigation. The pending issues concern the
death<br>
penalty, racism that has permeated the proceedings for a quarter of
the<br>
century, and prosecutorial and judicial abuse. They are of
great<br>
constitutional significance. Last fall I was notified by the court
that<br>
oral arguments would be scheduled for January, but that was later<br>
rescinded. At this time we have no indication as to when we will
be<br>
permitted to orally argue the merits of the issues.<br><br>
In November Mumia and I together sent letters to the Mayor of Paris
and<br>
its Council. It was in response to an appalling letter sent to
Paris by a<br>
few misguided politicians from the Philadelphia area. I
wrote: "Their<br>
demand that the honorary citizenship of Mr. Abu-Jamal be revoked is
an<br>
affront not only to the citizens of Paris, but is insulting to
people<br>
around the globe who are opposed to the death penalty and
human-rights<br>
abuses." Mumia's letter eloquently pointed out that
"these people are<br>
merchants of death who wish to trick you into their campaign to not<br>
only kill my client, but also to wipe [his] name from the face of
the<br>
earth. Their deal is but another lie, a devil's bargain that they<br>
are powerless to grant under any stretch of American or
international<br>
law."<br><br>
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<dd><i>I am pleased to advise that the Mayor's office has responded in a
most
<dd>positive manner. In the great French tradition of championing
human
<dd>rights, the December 5 response to me said:<br>
<dd>The Mayor of Paris has received your letter concerning the situation
of
<dd>your client, Mumia ABU-JAMAL and thank you.<br>
<dd>As mentioned in your mail, some representatives of the city of
<dd>Philadelphia have recently wished to express their disapproval
toward
<dd>the decision of the Paris City Council to have selected in December
<dd>2001, Mumia ABU-JAMAL as "honorary citizen of the City of
Paris."<br>
<dd>Though the denunciation by these representatives is concentrated on
the
<dd>Cities of Paris and of Saint Denis, nobody ignores that many other
<dd>Cities in France, in the United states and in the world, have shown
<dd>their support to Mumia ABU-JAMAL.<br>
<dd>We have established that the arrival of this Delegation in France,
<dd>announced for end of November, has simply never taken place.<br>
<dd>It is clear that the city of Paris stays mobilized in this fight and
<dd>wish to affirm with force its (engagement) commitment in order that
the
<dd>capital punishment shall one day disappear of the planet.<br>
<dd>I will be grateful for you to transmit this information to your
client
<dd>and assure him of the support of the City of Paris of which he is
<dd>honorary citizen.<br>
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</dl>We will keep you informed as there are further developments in the
case.<br><br>
<br>
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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