tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945843206427351559.post8367734405607221156..comments2024-01-25T14:51:13.377-05:00Comments on Gamso - For the Defense: Death Row CelebrityJeff Gamsohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09869425697771419546noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945843206427351559.post-37835239154208695132010-01-21T10:46:10.011-05:002010-01-21T10:46:10.011-05:00Mumia and another inmate as jailhouse lawyers got ...Mumia and another inmate as jailhouse lawyers got Harold Wilson off from death row at SCI Greene. <br /><br />He was eventually freed in 2005. He spent 10 years with Mumia in SCI Greene. Mumia wrote several appeals for him and motivated him to carry on after Wilson already gave up on himself. Wilson spent all in all 18 years on death row. Thanks to jailhouse lawywers like Mumia and others he was cleared of all charges and lives!<br /><br />I say: Free Mumia... and the rest will followAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945843206427351559.post-40127104820530802182010-01-21T10:02:04.686-05:002010-01-21T10:02:04.686-05:00I am a bit surprised. This drift of critism doesn&...I am a bit surprised. This drift of critism doesn't hit the nail. It is very old and simply wrong.<br /><br />True is, that the mobilisation around Mumia Abu-Jamal is far wider than "just" the abolition of the death penalty.<br /><br />But: the abolition of the death penalty is a big part of it.<br /><br />Some examples?<br /><br />- Mumia's latest book "Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisoners v. The USA" (City Lights Books, 2009)<br /><br />- The Film "in Prison My Whole Life" (2007) by Mumia supporters, which is a strong statement against the death penalty.<br /><br />- Just yesterday in a spontanious protest in New York. Demonstrators demanded: Free Mumia! Abolish The Death Penalty!"<br /><br />- Mumia's defense started an online petition to Obama. It asks him to act on a global moratorium on executions while at the same time aboilishing the death penalty in the US. This petition is only going for 5 days now and has been signed by almost 10.000 people so far. It is backed by quite a few "celebrities" who actually do far more against state sanctioned murder than just signing petitons.<br /><br />- German Mumia supporters took up massively the campaign around Kenneth Foster in 2007 and Troy davis in 2008. They cooperate with various other anti-death penalty activists. They also initiated many council and parlament resolutions all over the country (eg. Munich, Bremen, Nüremburg, Hannover, Fürth) to take a stance against the death penalty and to confront the US government. A similar resolution is to be voted on in the German "Bundestag" soon. Just a few days ago this was taken up in the European Parlament.<br /><br />There a lots of other examples for Anti-Death Penalty work done from within the Free Mumia movement, I simply stop here.<br /><br /><br /><br />Mumia Abu-Jamal never publically speaks on his behalf. Quite the contrary. He always emphasis the need for all death row prisoners to be heard and saved. <br /><br />Mumia Abu-Jamal started analysing the death penalty a long time ago. He pointed out that it is a long standing threat against ethnic minorities and all people with not enough income to gain any justice in the legal system.<br /><br />He also set the death penalty in connection with other things like modern day slavery as it is exercised in the private prison industry.<br /><br />Mumia Abu-Jamal is no "celebrity". He uses his abilities to fight from within death row for everyone sitting there. And he does that far more successfully than many others.Anton Mestinhttp://mumia-hoerbuch.de/stopptodesstrafe.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945843206427351559.post-10170969561112838292010-01-20T23:39:14.351-05:002010-01-20T23:39:14.351-05:00I don't understand the anti-Mumia resentment. ...I don't understand the anti-Mumia resentment. Seems more grounded in hostility to his supporters than anything else. I have worked on behalf of many people on death row, not really on Mumia's, but I respect and admire his supporters and their efforts. They should keep up the good work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945843206427351559.post-90506990864902511472010-01-20T18:08:52.456-05:002010-01-20T18:08:52.456-05:00Jeff,
thank you so much for these important and t...Jeff,<br /><br />thank you so much for these important and true words. You express exactly what I feel.<br /><br />JoachimJoachimhttp://www.aedpa.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945843206427351559.post-83424030119719293602010-01-20T14:35:57.042-05:002010-01-20T14:35:57.042-05:00Thank you, Jeff. --abeThank you, Jeff. --abeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com