Preventing Martydom

It seems that there may be some light at the end of the tunnel after all. After being on death row for almost 30 years for a crime he did not commit, Mumia Abu-Jamal has been taken off death row. It's not all good news however, because Mumia is still set to serve a life sentence.

Brief background:
In 1981, Philadelphia Police officer, Daniel Faulkner, was shot and killed and Mumia was shot as well. The evidence against Mumia was four eye witnesses: a cab driver, a prostitute, a motorist, and a pedestrian. The motorist only saw a man who matched Mumia’s description and the pedestrian never actually saw the murder. The other two witnesses (the prostitute and the cab driver) were never at the scene. From photos of the scene, the cab driver’s cab was not parked where he said it was. The other witnesses said they never saw the prostitute at all… And this is what put Mumia behind bars.

Today, Mumia’s death sentence has been removed. The DA has 180 days to retry the case to reinstate the death sentence, but we all know that is not going to happen. No one is that dumb. If they retried the case, the death penalty would not be reinstated. Instead, Mumia would be set free. Faulkner’s widow does not want to risk that, Seth Williams does not want to risk that, and the racist people who framed Mumia do not want to risk that.

The powers that be are in their ideal position. Mumia is still behind bars, but alive, saving them from turning him into a martyr. They think this will be enough, and probably is for many protestors. But we must not be stagnant. We must not be satisfied. We must push, claw, scratch, and bite until Mumia Abu-Jamal is finally set free.

FREE MUMIA!!!

Souces:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumia_Abu-Jamal

http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/node/827

http://rt.com/usa/news/mumia-abu-jamal-justice-usa/