>
>Yesterday, on Wednesday October 13th, Governor Ridge of Pennsylvania
>signed a death warrant for Mumia Abu-Jamal. According to the warrant,
>Mumia is scheduled to die on December 2, 1999.
>
>Mumia's lawyers will file a writ of habeus corpus in federal court
>on Friday October 15. A federal judge will stay the death warrant
>and Mumia's appeals will proceed through the federal court system.
>
>Ridge knew that Mumia's lawyers were preparing to file a writ of habeus
>corpus. He knew that signing a death warrant now would be pointless.
>His action was a political one to try to rush the execution and
>solidify
>his support from organizations like the Police Benevolent Association
>and
>the Fraternal Order of Police.
>
>In NY City, there will be an emergency demonstration on Thursday,
>October
>14th. Between 1 and 2 PM, gather at the Police Benevolent Association,
>40 Fulton St. At 2 PM, march up Broadway to Times Square. At 4:30 PM,
>demonstrate at Times Square (42nd St. and Broadway).
>
>On Saturday, there will be a regional demonstration in Philadelphia
>at Broad and Spring Garden Streets starting at noon. Buses to
>Philadelphia
>will leave from the International Action Center, 39 W. 14th St. in
>Manhattan
>at 8 AM on Saturday morning. The cost is $25-$30. That seems high to
>me, but
>these buses have been chartered on very short notice. For more
>information,
>call the Free Mumia Coalition hotline at 212-330-8029 or the
>International
>Action Center at 212-633-6646.
>
>For information about demonstrations in other places, go to the
>following
>web sites:
>
> www.mumia.org
> www.peoplescampaign.org
> www.iacenter.org
>
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David Wood
PhD Research Student ('Intelligence Sites in Rural North Yorkshire')
Centre for Rural Economy
Department of Agricultural Economics and Food Marketing
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
0191 222 5305
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