Word: mumia
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Although the article concerns the case of journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, currently on death row in Pennsylvania, the real argument here is about the death penalty. The phrase "Mumia should fry" illustrates unadulterated, bloodthirsty vengeance, based on the Old Testament...
...Mumia Abu Jamal's case specifically, the police never tested his gun to see if it was fired. The prosecution witnesses have since come forward to testify that they were threatened and coerced by the police. Like the vast majority of other death row inmates, Jamal's state-appointed defense counsel was so incompetent that he has admitted that he failed Jamal and has testified to his many mistakes, including not interviewing witnesses until the day the trial began...
...money for and awareness about human-rights issues in Tibet. Last week Beastie Boys, along with the hip-hop-charged hard-rock band Rage Against the Machine and the progressive rap duo Black Star, staged a controversial concert in New Jersey to raise money for the legal fees of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a black inmate on death row for killing a police officer. Says Beastie Boy Adam Yauch: "There's a tremendous amount of evidence that he didn't do it and he was a scapegoat...
...prison, his status as an anti-establishment agitator only blossomed. He wrote a book and recorded radio programs, skillfully drawing attention to himself and drumming up support for his cause. And, in short order, all those who feel neglected and victimized by the system assembled behind him. Latinos for Mumia, Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgendered for Mumia, Labor for Mumia--you name the minority, there's some organization championing Jamal's struggle...
...charismatic criminal and their own romantic delusions that they are fighting a great populist battle against the injustice of The Man. In reality, they've senselessly allied themselves with a cold-blooded sociopath who deserves the sentence that was handed him. They can hang all the "Free Mumia" posters they want, but Mumia Abu Jamal is a cop killer and Mumia should...