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Lawless Judges and Prosecutors Block Mumia’s Road to Freedom
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
10 Dec 2019
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Linn Washington, the Philadelphia-based legal scholar, told a New York City teach-in in support of Mumia Abu Jamal that the nation’s best known political prisoner would be free already if not for massive prosecutorial and judicial misconduct. “If these judges ever follow the law Mumia will be out immediately – but they don’t follow the law,” said Washington.

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