Death Row calling: The man broadcasting to save his life
Few journalists have polarised public opinion quite like Mumia Abu-Jamal, although his fame owes less to his writing and broadcasting than to the fact that he has spent more than 27 years in jail, mostly on death row.
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Not much to add that hasn't already been said - in some ways the specifics of the case are irrelevent. To sentence a human being to death and then keep them guessing for years and years is barbaric. To slaughter a fellow human in a public media circus is barbaric. To allow the victims to witness the new crime as though it will obviate the old is shameful and makes it clear that this is about vengence not justice
I served in both police and prison service long ago, know the horrors and stress inside prisons, have been there when a man was hanged. I do not send cards to inmates now, find a long letter to both prisoner governor and inmate more beneficial. "The light is within us. Let the light shine." Let us band together and keep fighting 'em (To be willing to march into hell for a heavenly cause.) Bless you all.
Dave-of-Birmingham. Christmas 2009.
If guilt cannot be proved beyond the shadow of a doubt then, he not be executed. There's no going back if you get it wrong on this one.
Even if guilt could be proved, would two wrongs make a right?
Let's fight to see this sentence at least commuted if not re-tried.
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