On 27 March, a US federal appeals court overturned Mumia Abu-Jamal's death sentence, but not his conviction for murder. His lead counsel Robert R. Bryan gives his reaction to the ruling and the next steps in America's most high-profile capital case.
As widely reported in the media, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued its long-awaited decision on March 27, 2008. Mumia and I had legal conferences that day, and have been in frequent meetings since.
We view the opinion of the three-judge panel as a mixed bag with some good, some very wrong, and a remarkable dissenting opinion by a judge on racism that gives us great hope for eventual victory. A new jury trial has been ordered by the federal court on the question of whether Mumia should live or die, due to the trial judge’s unconstitutional and misleading instructions to the jury.
It is a positive step in any capital case when a court finds that the death penalty was wrongfully imposed. Mumia is pleased with this part of the ruling because it could help others on death rows across America.
The prosecution now has various options including seeking reconsideration by the federal court and petitioning the United States Supreme Court to have the death sentence remain intact, and has vowed to do all possible to have Mumia executed.
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As widely reported in the media, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued its long-awaited decision on March 27, 2008. Mumia and I had legal conferences that day, and have been in frequent meetings since.
We view the opinion of the three-judge panel as a mixed bag with some good, some very wrong, and a remarkable dissenting opinion by a judge on racism that gives us great hope for eventual victory. A new jury trial has been ordered by the federal court on the question of whether Mumia should live or die, due to the trial judge’s unconstitutional and misleading instructions to the jury.
It is a positive step in any capital case when a court finds that the death penalty was wrongfully imposed. Mumia is pleased with this part of the ruling because it could help others on death rows across America.
The prosecution now has various options including seeking reconsideration by the federal court and petitioning the United States Supreme Court to have the death sentence remain intact, and has vowed to do all possible to have Mumia executed.
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Source: World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
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