(New York, NY) –The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has unanimously declared that Mumia Abu-Jamal’s death sentence is unconstitutional. In today’s decision, the Court of Appeals...
Today, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office announced that it will not seek another death sentence for Mumia Abu-Jamal. Pennsylvania law now requires Mr. Abu-Jamal to be sentenced to life imprisonment...
...has been subjected to an unfair smear campaign. Adegbile was attacked because the NAACP Legal Defense Fund became counsel for Mumia Abu-Jamal during his tenure here. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s involvement in Mumia Abu-Jamal’s case reflects its institutional commitment...
...an unfair smear campaign. Adegbile was attacked because the NAACP Legal Defense Fund became counsel for Mumia Abu-Jamal during his tenure here. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s involvement in Mumia...
...passionate commitment to civil rights. Unfortunately, Adegbile has been subjected to an unfair smear campaign. Adegbile was attacked because the NAACP Legal Defense Fund became counsel for Mumia Abu-Jamal during his tenure here. The NAACP Legal Defense...
Mumia Abu-Jamal is currently serving a life sentence for the 1981 murder of a policeman in Philadelphia. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) submitted a friend of...
LDF is proud to announce that our very own Acting President and Director-Counsel, Debo Adegbile, is named among “The Root 100 Honorees for 2012.” These 100 black achievers and influencers...
...Inc. Update 01/09/2014: Click here for a link to LDF’s statement regarding representing Mumia Abu-Jamal “With poise, humor and straightforward answers, Debo Adegbile, deftly managed his presentation to the Senate...
...by Mumia Abu-Jamal John Payton spent most of his professional life in the world of corporate law, the height of the profession. When he came to the NAACP LDF, he...
The death penalty case of Mumia Abu-Jamal took a surprising turn this week, as a federal appeals court declared, for the second time, that Abu-Jamal’s death sentence was unconstitutional. The...
...leadership, LDF has secured victories in numerous criminal/capital cases including Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Mumia Abu-Jamal (Pennsylvania death sentence vacated for erroneous jury instructions); Brister v. Mississippi (mandatory life without...
...when the next speaker, Christina Swarns, director of LDF’s Criminal Justice Practice, read a hand-written note she had received from Mumia Abu-Jamal. Abu-Jamal, who had spent 30 years on Pennsylvania’s...
