America, the land of the free, the land of the just. It is here, where paople from all over the world
can come for refuge from tyranny. Here, people are not judged by their color, but by who they are. Too
bad it isn\\\'t true, for what you are about to read will contradict everything that America is supposed to be.
Mumia Abu Jamal, a former Philadelphia journalist, was put through an unfair and biased trial, then
convicted of murdering a Philadelphia cop in 1982, and has been on death row since. And here is his
story.
\\\"My name is Mumia Abu-Jamal ... I\\\'ve been on death row since July of 1982 - in fact, I\\\'ve been
on several death rows in Pennsylvania, in the United States of America. Despite my penal status I\\\'m
a writer, a journalist, a columnist, and a professional revolutionary.\\\" -- Mumia Abu-Jamal (Wideman 107)
Born 24 April 1954 Wesley Cook, Mumia Abu-Jamal, author, journalist and inmate of death row, is
one of......
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