The following statement was issued Jan. 4 regarding new legal filings by attorneys for Mumia Abu-Jamal. By Johanna Fernández Campaign to Bring Mumia Home In her novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God,” Zora Neale Hurston wrote, “There are years that ask questions, and years that answer.” With continued pressure from…
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Rally: Free Mumia and all political prisoners
A 16-foot puppet of Mumia Abu-Jamal greeted participants and passersby July 3 at a rally: “In the spirit of Consuewella Africa! We must all MOVE to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal & All Political Prisoners.” On July 3, 1982, political prisoner Abu-Jamal was given a death sentence by Judge Albert Sabo. Annual demonstrations in Philadelphia have marked this date.
Activists gather July 3 around Mumia puppet at former site of the removed Frank Rizzo statue.
The rally, across from City Hall at the Municipal Services Building plaza, was held beneath a mural honoring Black women leaders in the struggle against police brutality. Faces depicted include Ramona Africa, Pam Africa and YahNé Ndgo, who facilitated the rally.
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Kleinbard DQ d In Ex-Master Weinstein Atty Separation Fight
Law360 (June 29, 2021, 7:18 PM EDT) A Pennsylvania state judge agreed Tuesday that a Kleinbard LLC attorney s work for members of Master Weinstein Moyer PC s partnership five years ago disqualified him from representing Master Weinstein against a former partner who took cases with him when he opened his own shop.
In a one-page order following a hearing Tuesday morning, Judge Leon Tucker in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas found that Kleinbard s Robert Bodzin needed to step aside after he represented ex-Master Weinstein partner Stephen Schatz in crafting a deal in a dispute with another one-time firm attorney, which was ultimately incorporated into Schatz s own separation.