Linn Washington Jr. (a columnist for The Philadelphia Tribune and a professor of journalism at Temple University) speaks at "More Than a Book Party" in Philadelphia at The Church of the Advocate on April 24th 2009.
Part One:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X4evX4gVyM
Part Two:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1YBQtxpOvY
Part Three:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYmCSlpTifk
Following the US Supreme Court’s April 6 ruling that refused to consider Abu-Jamal’s appeal for a new guilt-phase trial, Linn
“If the current members of this Supreme Court simply applied the motto that is chiseled in stone above the entrance of their court building – equal justice under law – they would have voted to grant Abu-Jamal a new hearing on the mound of legal violations in this case instead of sidestepping their duty to ensure justice.
“However, this Court, in the early 1990s, sidestepped that duty to justice when it denied Abu-Jamal relief on a First Amendment-related issue while granting relief on the same legal issue to a white racist prison gang member facing execution for a murder during a prison escape and a white devil worshipper facing execution for killing his grandparents.
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