Death Sentence On Mumia Abu-Jamal
EDM number 1205 in 1994-95, proposed by Jeremy Corbyn on 06/06/1995.
That this House condemns the action of the Governor of Pennsylvania who on 2nd June signed a death warrant for black American journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal and set a date of 17th August for Jamal's execution by lethal injection; observes the apparently vindictive timing of the warrant, as Governor Ridge is aware that Jamal's attorneys were set to file, on 5th June, a petition seeking a new trial; notes that there is widespread belief that Jamal was framed for the 1981 murder of a Philadelphia policeman and that he was sentenced to death for his political views and history as a member of the Black Panther Party; believes that the death penalty is cruel and barbaric and should be abolished; and calls on the Governor to reverse his decision and the court to grant Jamal a new trial.
This motion has been signed by a total of 38 MPs.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
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Jeremy Corbyn | 06/06/1995 | Islington North | Proposed | |
Dennis Skinner | 06/06/1995 | Bolsover | Signed | |
Harry Cohen | 06/06/1995 | Leyton | Signed | |
Jean Corston | 06/06/1995 | Bristol East | Signed | |
Diane Abbott | 06/06/1995 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | Signed | |
Tony Benn | 06/06/1995 | Chesterfield | Signed | |
Bill Michie | 07/06/1995 | Sheffield, Heeley | Signed | |
Mike Hall | 07/06/1995 | Warrington South | Signed | |
Norman Godman | 07/06/1995 | Greenock and Port Glasgow | Signed | |
Neil Gerrard | 07/06/1995 | Walthamstow | Signed | |
John Cummings | 07/06/1995 | Easington | Signed | |
Keith Bradley | 07/06/1995 | Manchester, Withington | Signed | |
Denis MacShane | 07/06/1995 | Rotherham | Signed | |
Lynne Jones | 07/06/1995 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Signed | |
Robert Parry | 07/06/1995 | Liverpool, Riverside | Signed | |
Harry Barnes | 08/06/1995 | North East Derbyshire | Signed | |
Hugh Bayley | 08/06/1995 | York, City of | Signed | |
Tony Banks | 08/06/1995 | Newham North West | Signed | |
Eric Clarke | 08/06/1995 | Midlothian | Signed | |
Alan Meale | 08/06/1995 | Mansfield | Signed | |
John Gunnell | 08/06/1995 | Leeds South and Morley | Signed | |
Alan Simpson | 12/06/1995 | Nottingham South | Signed | |
John Heppell | 12/06/1995 | Nottingham East | Signed | |
Llew Smith | 13/06/1995 | Blaenau Gwent | Signed | |
Glenda Jackson | 13/06/1995 | Hampstead & Highgate | Signed | |
Jim Cunningham | 13/06/1995 | Coventry South East | Signed | |
Dennis Turner | 13/06/1995 | Wolverhampton South East | Signed | |
Angela Eagle | 14/06/1995 | Wallasey | Signed | |
Eddie Loyden | 14/06/1995 | Liverpool, Garston | Signed | |
Dawn Primarolo | 15/06/1995 | Bristol South | Signed | |
Kim Howells | 15/06/1995 | Pontypridd | Signed | |
Anne Campbell | 15/06/1995 | Cambridge | Signed | |
Bill Etherington | 15/06/1995 | Sunderland North | Signed | |
Michael Clapham | 19/06/1995 | Barnsley West & Penistone | Signed | |
Roland Boyes | 20/06/1995 | Houghton and Washington | Signed | |
Ken Livingstone | 22/06/1995 | Brent East | Signed | |
Nick Harvey | 27/06/1995 | North Devon | Signed | |
Tommy Graham | 29/06/1995 | Renfrew West and Inverclyde | Signed |
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