Recent
Legal
Documents filed in the Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal
Not a complete set but may be more complete than some sites for more
recent 2001/2002 documents. Download, read, and distribute. Most documents
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May
17, 2002: (Filed
in State Court)
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APPELLANT JAMAL’S
MOTION FOR REMAND
TO TAKE TESTIMONY OF JUSTICE RONALD D. CASTILLE.
(46k)
March
11, 2002: (Filed
in Federal Court)
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BRIEF OF AMICUS CURIAE MICHAEL F. YAMAMOTO,
ESQ. IN SUPPORT OF CROSS-APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR CERTIFICATION OF
ADDITIONAL ISSUES FOR APPEAL
(137k)
March
11, 2002: (Filed in Federal Court)
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CROSS-APPELLANT JAMAL’S RESPONSE TO COMMONWEALTH CROSS-APPELLEES’
OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO CERTIFY ADDITIONAL ISSUES FOR APPEAL
(82k)
March
8, 2002: (Filed in State Court)
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PETITIONER JAMAL’S REPLY TO COMMONWEALTH’S ANSWER TO MOTION
FOR REMAND TO TAKE TESTIMONY FROM YVETTE WILLIAMS
(23k)
February
6, 2002:
(Filed
in Federal Court)
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CROSS-APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR CERTIFICATION
OF ADDITIONAL ISSUES FOR APPEAL
(102k)
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Affidavit of Yvettte Williams
(Read Online)
January
9, 2002: (Filed in State Court)
• NOTICE OF APPEAL
and ORDER FOR TRANSCRIPTS PURSUANT
TO RULES 1911 AND 1922 OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE
and
JURISDICTIONAL STATEMENT and
PETITIONER’S CONCISE STATEMENT OF MATTERS COMPLAINED OF ON APPEAL
(62k)
December
7, 2001:(Filed in State Court)
• PETITIONER MUMIA ABU-JAMAL’S
RESPONSE TO COURT’S NOTICE OF INTENT TO DISMISS PETITION FOR POST-CONVICTION
RELIEF AND/OR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
(75k)
See
the document filed in state court that Judge Dembe refused to hear:
Download Legal Document PCRA 2001 & Read!
(reformatted to 68 pges 473k)
November
7, 2001: (Filed in State Court)
• PETITIONER JAMAL’S
REPLY TO COMMONWEALTH RESPONDENT’S UNTIMELY RESPONSE TO MEMORANDUM
OF LAW ON COURT’S JURISDICTION
(31k)
November
2, 2001: (Filed in Federal Court)
• PETITIONER'S MOTION
FOR LEAVE TO FILE MARCH 1927 ARTICLE BY JUSTICE FELIX FRANKFURTER ON SACCO-VANZETTI
CASE
(133k)
•
Link
to Atlantic Monthly article
(read online)
September
25, 2001: (Filed in State Court)
• AFFIDAVIT
OF GEORGE MICHAEL NEWMAN IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONER'S MEMORANDUM OF LAW
ON THE COURT'S JURISDICTION TO ENTERTAIN HIS POST-CONVICTION PETITION
AND FOR EVIDENTIARY HEARING AND DISCOVERY
(read online)
September
13, 2001: (Filed in Federal Court)
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Affidavit
of Eugene Ericksen
(read online)
September
7, 2001: (Filed in State Court)
• PETITIONER
JAMAL’S MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF COURT’S JURISDICTION
TO HEAR HIS PCRA/ HABEAS PETITION ON THE MERITS.
(56k)
September
7, 2001: (Filed in State and Federal
Court)
•
Notice
of Filing Video Confession of Arnold Beverly
Contact
organizers
for copies of the video.
Click here
for an audio version of the confession (from the video)
September
5, 2001: (Filed in State Court)
•
Affidavit
of Rachel Wolkenstein
(71k)
August
28, 2001: (Filed in State and Federal
Court)
•
Affidavit
of Terri Maurer-Carter
(read online)
•
En Español: Testimonio de Terri
Maurer-Carter
(read
online)
August
6, 2001: (Filed in Federal Court)
• Amended
and Redrafted Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus
Available
as text document by email only (2 volumes).
Contact organizers
July
30, 2001: (Filed in Federal Court)
•
Motion to Reconsider July
19th Order and Take the Deposition of Arnold Beverly
(242k)
July
16, 2001: (Filed in State Court)
• PCRA
Petition 2001 Document
(condensed to 68 pages, 473k)
•
Exhibits to PCRA Petition 2001
Available in Hard Copy only. Contact organizers
and ask for it to be mailed.
June
7, 2001: (Filed in Federal Court)
• Defense
Response Brief to Prosecution Attempt to Deny Mumia Attorney of His Choice
(34k)
May
31, 2001: (Filed in Federal Court)
• Defense Response Brief Re: Request
for Deposition of Arnold Beverly
(read online)
•
Report of polygraph examination of Arnold
Beverly.
(read online)
READ
Online Transcriptions of Statements filed in State and Federal court:
•
Mumia Abu-Jamal: His description of what
happened to him on the night of December 9, 1981
•
Arnold Beverly: The man who has confessed
to killing Faulkner.
•
En
Español: Declaración de Arnold Beverly
•
William Cook: Mumia's brother and his
account.
•
Linn Washington: News reporter who came on
the scene.
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Donald Hersing: FBI informant who exposes
the police corruption in Philadelphia, including police at the scene on
Dec 9, 1981.
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Terri Maurer-Carter: Court reporter who
heard the original trial Judge Sabo make racist comments regarding Mumia
and his trial.
•
En Español: Testimonio de Terri
Maurer-Carter
•
George Michael Newman
Investigator describes his experiences Re: Mumia's
case and witness, Robert Chobert
•
Yvettte Williams has
come forward saying Cynthia White, the prosecution's key witness, told
her she lied in court because of police pressure
 Download Brochure (pdf format, 140k)
Brochure: includes declarations of Mumia Abu-Jamal, Arnold Beverly, Terri-Maurer-Carter,
Yvette Williams, William Cook, and short update as of Feb 2002
•
OVERVIEW OF AFFIDAVITS as of MAY 2001
Filed
in 2000:
A flier about the legal arguments in the Amicus Briefs (short synopsis)
• legal flyer (28k)
Mumia's
statement on the Amicus briefs
• Mumia's thoughts on Amici
(8k)
Information
regarding the Amicus Briefs
and the denial by Judge Yohn
• A Response to the
Denial of the Amicus Briefs, with legal analysis and explanations of why
the denial was wrong...(88k)
READ
the BRIEFS for yourself
Mumia has asked all of his supporters to read the briefs, not just the
transcripts... the briefs contain a legal analysis and the legal arguments
behind it... please download these documents and reproduce them for friends
• Petition for Writ of Mandamus
(192k)
• Chicana/Chicano Studies
Foundation Brief (264k)
• Brief from 22 Members
of British Parliament (164k)
FUND
DRIVE:
Write Checks to: "8th Day Center/CCFMAJ"; Put in Memo:
"Mumia Fall Fund Drive"; Mail
to: Chicago Committee to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, 2421 West Pratt, Box
112, Chicago, IL 60645 (90% of each check will go directly to Mumia Abu-Jamal's
legal defense; 10% of each check will help with CCFMAJ local organizing
expenses).
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