Appendix No. 3: Declarations of William Cook
15 May 1999 I, WILLIAM COOK, hereby aver under penalty of perjury the following: 1. I am the brother of Mumia Abu-Jamal. 2. I was present near the intersection of 13th and Locust, in...
The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal
Appendix No. 2: Declaration of Mumia Abu-Jamal
3 May 2001 I, MUMIA ABU-JAMAL, declare: 1. I am the Petitioner in this action. If called as a witness I could and would testify to the following from my own personal knowledge: 2....
Appendix No. 1: Affidavit of Arnold R. Beverly
8 June 1999 I, ARNOLD R. BEVERLY, state that the following facts are true and correct: I was present when police officer Daniel Faulkner was shot and killed in the early morning hours of...
6. Free Mumia Now!
The Beverly confession put Sabo’s courtroom improprieties in a new light. It had long been clear that he was a conscious participant in a racist frame-up, but the revelation that Faulkner’s execution originated within...
5. Betrayed by his ‘Defenders’
i. Jackson’s ‘Defense’ of Mumia— Beyond Incompetence Mumia has had to contend with more than biased appeals procedures, a corrupt police force and a racist judge. He also had serious problems with his supposed...
4. A Tilted Trial
i. Witnesses for the Defense Jackson’s defense of Mumia was unimpressive to say the least. The first witness called by the defense was Anthony Colletta, a third-year surgical resident at the hospital. Colletta testified...
3. The Prosecution’s Case
i. Leveraged ‘Eye Witnesses’ There were three elements to the prosecution’s case: eyewitnesses, ballistics and a supposed confession. The central pillar in the frame-up was the “eyewitness” testimony. Yet even a cursory examination of...
2. How the Frame-Up was Organized
i. The ‘Right’ Judge It is well established in academic literature on the application of the death penalty in the U.S. that the race of both the defendant and the victim plays a major...
1. Background
i. ‘Voice of the Voiceless’ Mumia Abu-Jamal was born Wesley Cook on 24 April 1954 to Edith Cook, one of millions of blacks who left the South in the 1940s in search of work....
Preface
The case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, America’s best-known political prisoner, starkly illuminates the brutal reality of racist capitalist justice in a country that advertises itself as the citadel of “freedom.” It is an extremely complicated...