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All Things Censored by Mumia Abu Jamal
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2002
by Gary Hunter
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2002, page 25
Seven Stories Press, 335 page paperback, $14.95
Filed under:
Reviews,
Death Penalty/Death Row,
Death Row,
Censorship.
Location:
United States of America.
Review by Gary Hunter
For nearly two decades Mumia Abu Jamal has defied the deathgrip of Pennsylvania's death row. For nearly two decades he has revealed secrets that our nation's most powerful leaders do not want the public to hear. For nearly two …
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