Mumia Abu-Jamal And Institutional Racism In The Us
EDM number 828 in 2017-19, proposed by Grahame Morris on 19/01/2018.
Categorised under the topics of Administration of justice, North America, Prisons and Racial discrimination.
That this House believes that journalist and black political rights activist Mumia Abu-Jamal has been wrongly imprisoned and should be released from his decades-long incarceration in Pennsylvania; further believes that there is widespread evidence of police, prosecutorial and judicial misconduct and that Abu-Jamal's incarceration has led to severe life-threatening illness; notes that the 1982 trial judge gloated in racist terms of his intent to sentence Mr Abu-Jamal to death; and believes that Mr Abu-Jamal is the victim of a gross miscarriage of justice.
This motion has been signed by a total of 7 MPs.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grahame Morris | 19/01/2018 | Easington | Labour | Proposed |
| Kelvin Hopkins | 19/01/2018 | Luton North | Labour | Seconded |
| Ronnie Campbell | 19/01/2018 | Blyth Valley | Labour | Seconded |
| Hannah Bardell | 08/02/2018 | Livingston | Scottish National Party | Seconded |
| Stephen Gethins | 20/02/2018 | North East Fife | Scottish National Party | Seconded |
| Alan Brown | 20/02/2018 | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Scottish National Party | Seconded |
| Drew Hendry | 20/02/2018 | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | Scottish National Party | Signed |
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