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The Politics of Death: Throwing Mumia Abu-Jamal Under the Bus
“I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.”
– Frederick Douglass
On the evening of February 25, 2010, participants at the Fourth World Congress Against the Death Penalty in Geneva, Switzerland had assembled from all over the globe for a dramatic Voices of Victims …
– Frederick Douglass
On the evening of February 25, 2010, participants at the Fourth World Congress Against the Death Penalty in Geneva, Switzerland had assembled from all over the globe for a dramatic Voices of Victims …
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