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</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=4><b>For Immediate Release:
November 8, 2010<br><br>
Press Conference Announcement & Statement from the Committee to Save
Mumia Abu-Jamal on the Oral Argument in Mumia Abu-Jamal v. Beard<br><br>
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</b>Contact: Professor Johanna Fernandez, 917-930-0804<br><br>
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New York. The Committee to Save Mumia Abu-Jamal looks forward to
Professor Judith Ritter's argument before the Third Circuit Court of
Appeals on November 9 in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal v. Beard. Professor
Ritter has been Abu-Jamal's counsel for seven years and successfully
argued the Mills v. Maryland claim before the U.S. Third Circuit Court of
Appeals in 2007.<br><br>
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On November 3, 2010, Mr. Abu-Jamal regretfully asked for the resignation
of Robert Bryan, his lead attorney. Mr. Abu-Jamal did so only after Mr.
Bryan refused to honor his numerous written and oral requests, spanning a
year, that co-counsel Professor Ritter conduct the oral argument on the
Mills/Spisak issue.<br><br>
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In his November 5, 2010 motion, Mr. Bryan claimed that Abu-Jamal
supporters left a voicemail threatening him with public attacks and
embarrassment, implicitly forcing him to resign. In fact, it was Mr.
Bryan's refusal to honor his client's wishes that led Mr. Abu-Jamal to
ask that Mr. Bryan tender his resignation. <br><br>
</font><font size=3>As a long standing supporter of the appellee, the
Committee to Save Mumia Abu-Jamal, which was formed in the 1980s to raise
funds for his legal support, felt it important to ensure that Mr.
Abu-Jamal's wishes and best interests were carried out.<br><br>
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The Committee urges all concerned to focus on the salient issue at hand,
namely how the jury was mis-instructed by the court during the sentencing
hearing in 1982, a claim granted by Judge William Yohn of the Federal
District Court in 2001 and by the Third Circuit panel in 2007.<br>
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<b>Place</b> : Front Entrance, National Constitution Center<br>
<b>Independence Mall, 525 Arch Street </b>@ 6th &
Arch St.<br><br>
<b>Date: Monday, November 8, 2010<br><br>
Time: 3:00PM<br><br>
Who</b>: <br>
Pam Africa, International Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia
Abu-Jamal<br>
Prof. Johanna Fernandez, Committee to Save Mumia Abu-Jamal &
Educators for Mumia Abu-Jamal<br>
Heidi Bogosian, Executive Director, National Lawyers Guild &
Committee to Save Mumia Abu-Jamal<br>
Frances Goldin, Mumia Abu-Jamal's Literary Agent, Committee to Save Mumia
Abu-Jamal<br>
Suzanne Ross, Free Mumia Abu Jamal Coalition (NYC)<br>
Martha Conley, Free Mumia Committee of Pittsburgh<br>
Prof. Mark Taylor, Educators for Mumia Abu-Jamal<br>
Prof. Michael M. Schiffmann, Germany, Author of <i>Race Against
Death<br>
</i>International Supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal<br>
The French Collective<br><br>
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