Mumia Abu-Jamal

LA VIE ou LA MORT ?

Maître Robert R. Bryan, avocat principal de Mumia Abu-Jamal, vient de nous informer que la Cour d'Appel Fédérale de Philadelphie a fixé au 9 novembre la date de l'audience au cours de laquelle sera à nouveau examiné la situation de Mumia suite à la décision (janvier 2010) de la Cour Suprême des Etats-Unis qui avait annulé la suspension provisoire de la condamnation à mort et fait injonction à la Cour d'Appel de revoir son jugement.

L'enjeu est de savoir s'il sera exécuté ou s'il aura un nouveau procès pour statuer sur peine de mort ou la prison à vie (jurisprudence Mills).

Vous trouverez ci-dessous, en anglais, le point légal de la situation judiciaire.

Nous vous informerons rapidement des initiatives prises avec l'objectif de faire du 9 novembre une grande journée de mobilisation internationale pour faire pression sur les autorités américaines ... et surtout sauver Mumia !

D'ores et déjà, retenez qu'un Rassemblement aura lieu le MERCREDI 6 OCTOBRE à PARIS à 18 heures Place de La Concorde en présence notamment de Robert R. Bryan. Cette initiative s'inscrira dans la semaine de sensibilisation et de mobilisation dont le point d'orgue sera la journée mondiale contre la peine de mort du dimanche 10 octobre. Nous reviendrons sur les évènements qui marqueront cette semaine d'actions et dont la thématique sera consacrée cette année à la situation des Etats-Unis d'Amérique.

Merci de faire largement circuler cette information.

Pour le Collectif Unitaire National de soutien à Mumia Abu-Jamal
rassemblant une centaine d'organisations et de collectivités publiques françaises,

Jacky Hortaut


Mumia Abu-Jamal - LEGAL UPDATE

Message   du 22/09/10 10:26
de "Robert R. Bryan"

Dear Friends:  

 

There   is a major new development regarding my client, Mumia Abu-Jamal, the   journalist and author who has been on Pennsylvania's death row for nearly   three decades. My quest for a hearing has been granted.

 

Oral argument scheduled, United States Court of   Appeals:  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third   Circuit has just granted oral argument in Mumia's   case.  (Abu-Jamal v. Beard, No. 01-9014.) The arguments   will be before a three-judge panel on November 9, 2010, 2:00 pm. This will be   in the Ceremonial Courtroom, U.S. Courthouse, 6th & Market Streets,   Philadelphia.

 

Mumia & I spoke shortly after the order was received.   He was humbled by the good news. We are cautiously encouraged that the   federal court has taken this step.

 

This is significant in the ongoing litigation to save   Mumia's life and win the case. At stake is whether he will be executed,   or granted a new jury trial on the question of the death penalty. We   previously won on this issue, but early this year the U.S. Supreme Court   vacated that decision and ordered that the case be again reviewed by the   federal court.

 

New   movie, Justice On Trial:    Yesterday Justice On Trial premiered in Philadelphia.   It is by Johanna Fernandez, a professor at Baruch College, New York, and   Kouross Esmaeli of Big Noise Films. The release of this superb film comes at a   perfect time since it counters another movie,The Barrel of a Gun,   that was also shown the same day. The Barrel production is   replete with distortions and wild theories, and is supported by those who wish   to see my client executed including the Fraternal Order of Police.

   

Petition   to President Barack Obama (Mumia Abu-Jamal and the Global Abolition of the   Death Penalty):  Over 24,000 people   from around the world have signed the petition, including three Nobel Prize   winners. We need many more for this to benefit Mumia. Some of the signers are:   Desmond Tutu, South Africa (Nobel Peace Prize, 1984); Günter Grass, Germany   (Nobel Prize in Literature, 1999); Elfriede Jelinek, Austria (Nobel   Prize in Literature, 2004); Danielle Mitterrand, Paris (former First Lady   of France); Fatima Bhutto, Pakistan (writer); Colin Firth (Academy Award   Best-Actor nominee, 2010); Noam Chomsky, MIT (philosopher and author); Ed   Asner (actor); Mike Farrell (actor); Robert Meeropol (son of Julius and Ethel   Rosenberg, executed in 1953); Michael Radford (director of the Oscar winning   film Il Postino); members of the European Parliament;   members of the German Bundestag; European Association of Lawyers for Democracy   & World Human Rights; and Reporters Without Borders, Paris.

   

How   to Help:  For information on how to help, both by signing   the Obama petition & donating funds, please go to Mumia's website (http://www.MumiaLegalDefense.org).

 

Conclusion:  Mumia is in the   greatest danger since being arrested in 1981. We will not stop until he is   saved.

 

Yours   very truly,

 

Robert   R. Bryan

 

Law   Offices of Robert R. Bryan

 

2088   Union Street, Suite 4

 

San   Francisco, California 94123-4117

   

Lead   counsel for Mumia Abu-Jamal

 

http://www.MumiaLegalDefense.org