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Title: Executing Justice : An Inside Account of the Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal by Daniel R. Williams ISBN: 0-312-28317-2 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 20 May, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.12 (8 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Not what it says, Not objective AT ALL
Comment: Despite Mr. Williams' constant claims that he provides an objective, un-biased account of this case, he fails to provide that. Being a lawyer siding with Mumia Abdul Jamal for eight years, his opinions are guided more towards the defense, and leave several holes in his arguement which may not be apparent to the common reader. One major problem with Mr. Williams' arguement is he claims the city of Philadelphia is an extremely racist city, which has constantly been oppressing blacks. He claims this all culminates in 1984 with the bombing of the MOVE house in West Philadelphia. He fails to point out, however, that the mayor of the city who authorized the bombing was Wilson Good, a BLACK man. How could a city be lead with racial discrimenation when its' own mayor is a black man? Mr. Williams obviously leaves this fact out because it is damaging to his argument, which is quite obviously in favor of the defense. He also quotes the prosecutor and defense attorney in this case almost word for word throughout Mumia's original trial, but how could Mr Williams know what was said in private discussions in Judge Sabo's chambers? There are no reporters or court stenographers in these rooms, and only Judge Sabo, McGill, and Jackson would know what was said. How, twenty years after the case, could Mr. Williams recount every sentence, and how the sentences are expressed, when there is no existing record of these statements. He couldn't. He was not a witness to these events, and records of what was said in the courtroom do not display emotions, only mere text. He portrays these conversations in the courtroom to make Jamal look more like a victim, completely destroying any credibility of this book being un-biased and objective. This book is a completely biased, open statement in favor of Jamal, and should not be taken as a statement of facts, but merely an argument in favor of Mumia Abdul Jamal. The majority of Williams' book has no substantial edvidence to support his "accounts" inside the courtroom, much like Jamal has no substantial evidence at all to support his innocence.
Rating: 4
Summary: Insightful into each faction's thinking
Comment: Well written; good insight into the "Scheme Team" and their ridiculous assertions.
ONE QUESTION STANDS OUT: If Mumia Abu-Jamal is innocent, why didn't he take the stand? This articulate, brilliant man could have swayed the jury if he was innocent.
To the author (David Williams; one of Abu-Jamal's attorneys for a number of years; anti-death penalty activist), it seems that Mumia Abu-Jamal's conviction is perhaps the largest "frame-up" in American history. Perhaps Abu-Jamal doesn't share this view, because he fired Williams and his "Scheme Team" after this book was published.
To Mumia Abu-Jamal, it appears his conviction was due to a massive conspiracy in which a hitman was hired by some Philly police from the "mob" to kill Faulkner. (This is patently laughable.)
To the jury and various judges who heard appeals, it appears that Abu-Jamal is a cold-blooded cop killer.
Whether one is for the death penalty of against it, this book will stimulate thought on the subject.
Rating: 5
Summary: Revealing the cracks in the facade.
Comment: Because I know one of Mumia's attorneys, this book was more like "Everything You Wanted to Know About the Mumia Case but Were Afraid to Ask."
Political grandstanding, self-destructing testimony by defense witnesses, and a looney-tune conspiracy theory: this book tells enough about the case to give fair warning to anyone interested in becoming part of the pro-Mumia movement.
Along with Leonard Weinglass' RACE FOR JUSTICE and the trial transcripts, this book tells you what the kooks and radicals don't want you to know.
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Title: Live from Death Row by Mumia Abu-Jamal ISBN: 0380727668 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.50 |
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Title: The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Life in the Balance (Open Media Pamphlet Series) by Amnesty International ISBN: 158322081X Publisher: Seven Stories Press Pub. Date: 09 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X ISBN: 0345350685 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1989 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: All Things Censored by Mumia Abu-Jamal, Noelle Hanrahan, Alice Walker ISBN: 1583220763 Publisher: Seven Stories Press Pub. Date: 10 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Guerrilla Warfare: Che Guevara by Ernesto Guevara ISBN: 0803270755 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $8.89 |
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