Article: Abu-Jamal Granted More Time to Plead Case

Malaika Brown
Los Angeles Sentinel
08-16-1995
Abu-Jamal Granted More Time to Plead Case.

After a round of local and international weekend events in support of Philadelphia journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, including a march along Crenshaw Boulevard that resulted in several arrests and claims of police abuse, the presiding judge in Abu-Jamal's case issued an indefinite stay of execution Monday. Abu-Jamal was scheduled to die Aug. 17.

The Monday ruling, a surprise reversal in a chain of unsuccessful attempts including appeals to higher courts to save Abu-Jamal's life, is to allow the defendant more time to plead with the courts to reexamine his case. The ruling, issued by Judge Albert Sabo, who ...

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