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<font size=3><b>Mumia Abu-Jamal's lead attorney Robert R. Bryan responds
to court ruling<br>
</b>by Abu-Jamal-News.com <br>
<i>Thursday Mar 27th, 2008 10:56 PM <br>
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<dd>Following Thursday's court ruling, Mumia Abu-Jamal's lead attorney,
Robert R. Bryan, responded in an interview with "Journalists for
Mumia Abu-Jamal." The full text is below.<br><br>
</dl>ROBERT R. BRYAN said: <br><br>
Today's decision is a mixed bag. That the denial of relief on the
racism-in-jury-selection issue was 2-1 is quite good. Further, the
41-page dissent of Judge Ambro is the strongest I have read. The
paragraph refers to the U.S. Supreme Court case I filed with the court on
Monday in my latest brief: Snyder v. Louisiana, 2008 WL 723750 (Mar. 19,
200*), an enormously important decision. Judge Ambro's dissent is a
guiding light to where to go from here. We will certainly seek a
rehearing en banc, which would be addressed to all the justices of the
Third Circuit. The dissent of Judge Ambro is a powerful weapon in that
regard. If all were unsuccessful, we will go to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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The reversal of the penalty-phase and the ordering of a new jury trial is
a clear victory, even though far from my goal. I will not rest until an
entirely new trial is granted, and Mumia is acquitted by a jury. I intend
to see him go home to his family. <br><br>
--March 27, 2008, San Francisco <br><br>
<font size=5>Demonstrations today<br><br>
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</font><font size=5><b>Seattle: </b>4:00 p.m., Federal Court House,
downtown at 700 Stewart St.<br>
<b>Los Angeles:</b> 5:00 p.m., U.S. Federal Courthouse, 312 N. Spring
St.<br>
<b>New York:</b> 5:00 p.m., Adam Clayton Powell State Office Building,
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125th and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd.<br>
<b>Portland, OR:</b> 4:00-6:00 p.m., Terry Shrunk Plaza, SW 3rd &
Madison<br>
<b>San Francisco:</b> 5:00 p.m., Federal Court House, 7th and
Mission<br><br>
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