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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...