JULY 3RD MARKS 40 YEARS SINCE MUMIA WAS SENT TO DEATH ROW.

A March and Rally to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal will take place in Philadelphia at 1PM,Sunday July 3rd at Thomas Paine Plaza Municipal Services Building (Broad & JFK). Forty years after his unfair conviction and sentencing in 1982, activists will demand his release in 40 cities, including Houston, San Francisco, Boston, Detroit and other US cities and in Mexico, France, Germany and other countries. They will also call for the release of all Political Prisoners, whose existence United States officials deny despite clear evidence to the contrary.

Forty years ago, July 3rd 1982, Philadelphia's Native Son and award winning journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, was convicted of first degree murder and subsequently sentenced to die for the death of white police Officer Daniel Faulkner. International and local protests and demonstrations forced the state to reverse course in Dec. 2001, replacing the death sentence with life without the possibility of parole. Since Dec. 9th 1981,while lying in a hospital bed with a bullet in his chest, severely beaten by Rizzo's cops, and up to today, Mumia has repeatedly proclaimed his innocence. It is clear he did not have a fair trial. Judge Sabo, known as the "hanging judge" sent more people to death row than any other judge in modern history. Terrie Maurer Carter, a court stenographer overheard him say to another colleague "I'm going to help them fry the n--gger."

Abu-Jamal, now 68 years old and in poor health, largely due to being incarcerated for 40 years, needs to come home. He is recovering from open heart surgery, but still suffers from constant itching due to a severe case of Psoriasis and onset diabetes from the poor diet and a lack of adequate competent health care. As a direct result of prison-delayed treatment for Hepatitis B, he now has cirrhosis of the liver. He has also endured COVID. Abu-Jamal is considering a lawsuit to force the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PADOC) to provide Heart Healthy meals.

Additionally, Mumia’s attorneys are litigating new evidence, which was introduced into the record in Common Pleas Court, that could potentially reverse the conviction. Newly discovered evidence includes one key witness who may have been bribed to testify against Mumia.

Mumia is a victim of a racist criminal injustice system, a fascist police state and corrupt career prosecutors. To be a part of the movement to free Mumia, other incarcerated elders who pose no threat to society and all Political Prisoners visit #LOVENOTPHEAR.COM/40CITIES.