Amy Goodman
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NAACP: Mumia Abu-Jamal Removal Off Death Row Signals Turning Tide Against Capital Punishment
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December 15, 2011
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3:17Now Playingwww.democracynow.org - Hundreds of supporters of the imprisoned journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal gathered last week in Philadelphia to mark the 30th anniversary of his arrest for the killing of a white police officer. The event occurred just two days after Philadelphia prosecutors announced they will no longer seek the death penalty for Abu-Jamal. Democracy Now! asks NAACP President and CEO Ben Jealous to comment on the developments in his case. "The fact that Seth Williams felt, the D.A. in Philly, felt emboldened to come forward and to ask for something that was so reasonable and so just in a city with such a conservative law-enforcement history, really is testament to the fact that public support for the death penalty has fallen to an all-time low since it was reinstated in the wake of Troy Davis's execution," Jealous says.
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