MESSAGE FROM MUMIA  Recently Mumia sent the following message to his lead counsel, which he asked be conveyed to his supporters including friends from Facebook:

"Believe it or not, I do not have access to a computer or e-mail. This is not allowed on Pennsylvania’s death row. However, I have seen copies of what some Facebook friends have written. My lead attorney, Robert R. Bryan, gives me all messages relevant to my case.

It is thrilling to see and know some of you. I thank you, all of you, for becoming Facebook friends in this effort for justice and freedom.

Please sign our petition. This is not just about me. It is for all the men, women and children on death rows around the world.

I wish that one day I will be able to freely scroll all of your messages, and to personally respond to each. That day is not today, but thanks to your efforts that day may be soon coming.

Thank you all.

Your Facebook friend,

Mumia Abu-Jamal
Death Row
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania"

PETITION FOR PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ("Mumia Abu-Jamal and the Global Abolition of the Death Penalty")  Over 18,500 people from around the world have signed the petition since mid-January! That is a remarkable achievement, but we need many more in order to make the petition really effective. The petition will eventually be presented to President Barack Obama by a distinguished international delegation.

To the left is the link for signing the online petition.  Please help save Mumia and fight the death penalty by signing it, and also pass the link on to as many people as possible.

MAJOR CASE DEVELOPMENT On January 19, 2010, the United States Supreme Court issued the long-awaited ruling in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, which we have been litigating for 15 months.  The decision was expected.  The court sent the case back to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit "for further consideration in light of Smith v. Spisak, 558 U.S. ___ (2010)", a case it decided the previous week. The lower federal court had previously ordered a new jury trial on the question of the death penalty.  Mumia remains on death row under a sentence of death.  (Note: Please see the Legal Update section, herein, for details.)

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INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW  Mumia Abu-Jamal, journalist and author, was arrested in Philadelphia on December 9, 1981.  From the outset, the prosecution fervently sought his execution for the death of a police officer.  That zeal to see Mumia die at the hands of the state has not abated, but increased in recent years.

Robert R. Bryan, Mumia’s lead counsel, has pointed out that “racism, fraud and prejudice are threads that have run through the case since its inception and continue today.”  Police, governmental authorities and their supporters have been motivated by an ends-justifies-the-means philosophy.  The truth of what really happened at the time of the shooting has become irrelevant to them. They will do and say whatever it takes to get Mumia into the death chamber.   Mr. Bryan has vowed to not let that happen.

The primary litigation on behalf of Mumia is presently in the United States Supreme Court.  At issue is one looming issue—the death penalty.

This new web site was created with the authorization of both Mumia and Mr. Bryan.  It was the fruit of numerous requests from people around the globe who have asked for a place to go for accurate and up-to-date information on the case.  This is a beginning at filling a longstanding void.