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electric_ranger OP t1_ituheta wrote

>His death penalty sentence was overturned by a federal court, and in 2011, he was re-sentenced to life in prison.

Wednesday's hearing will determine if Abu-Jamal should get a new trial. His defense team says they have new evidence from boxes that the district attorney's office turned over in 2019.

I'm anti-death penalty, so I'm glad he's been re-sentenced to life in prison. I also think Mumia did it, but I fully believe that the district attorney's office willfully concealed documents.

He deserves a full and fair trial. That doesn't mean he'll be found not guilty, but the law must be upheld not with malice but fairly, justly, and in daylight.

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AbsentEmpire t1_ituvup6 wrote

This a fair and honest view of the situation. I also object to the death penalty.

I think he's guilty as hell, but if there is really valid evidence that the trial was not fairly conducted then he should be retried and re-sentenced to life without parole.

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KMerle t1_itxx36u wrote

Willfully concealed documents? What? The "six boxes" of evidence that Krasner claimed he found, contained no information the defense did not already possess. You need to find somewhere new to get your news.

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