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1/11/05 San Francisco Board of Supervisors Resolution in Support of Mumia Abu-Jamal JUSTICE FOR MUMIA ABU-JAMAL Resolution approved by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors January 11, 2005 Whereas, Mumia Abu-Jamal, an award-winning African-American journalist, author of nine books and internationally known social critic and opponent of the death penalty, has been on Pennsylvania's death row for the past 22 years, and, Whereas, Amnesty International has pointed to serious flaws in the conduct of his 1982 trial that raise critical constitutional issues that demand a new trial for Mr. Jamal, and, Whereas, among the issues that Amnesty International raised are: suppression of critical evidence pointing to Mr. Jamal's innocence, the illegal exclusion of African-American jurors, the denial of the right to self-representation and the intimidation of witnesses, and, Whereas, prominent organizations including the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, the Episcopal Church of the United States, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the European Parliament, the San Francisco Labor Council, the Detroit City Council, the National Lawyers Guild, the ILWU, AFSCME and SEIU national unions and many others, have called for justice and a new trial for Mr. Jamal, and, Whereas, San Francisco's former Mayor Willie Lewis Brown, Jr. declared August 16, 1997 as "Justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal Day in San Francisco." Therefore, Be It Resolved that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors affirm its support for justice and a new trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal, and, Be It Further Resolved that this resolution be communicated to the Governor's office of the State of Pennsylvania for his information. |