Federal Judge Bars Enforcement of The Silencing Act: “The First Amendment Does Not Evanesce at the Prison Gate”
By Kenneth Lipp A Federal judge in the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued an order yesterday that would prevent enforcement…
Posts Tagged 'Mumia Abu-Jamal'
Legal Advocates and Journalists Sue Kane and Williams over Mumia-Targeted “Silencing Act”
By Kenneth Lipp A group of legal advocacy organizations, media outlets, academics, journalists, and former state inmates filed a federal…
Abu-Jamal, Others Sue Attorney General and Philly DA Over “Revictimization Relief Act”
By Dustin Slaughter The Abolitionist Law Center has filed a lawsuit (included below) in Middle District Court today, less than…
Video: Governor Corbett Signs Revictimization Relief Act Amid Loud Protest
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxkDLWDsgnQ] Yesterday the Declaration and our friends at Scrapple TV were there when Governor Tom Corbett signed the Revictimization Relief Act,…
Center City Sees Dueling Rallies over “Revictimization” Bill
By Austin Nolen Several blocks around the intersection of Thirteenth and Locust were shut down during the late morning and…
Starkly Undemocratic “Revictimization Relief Act” Must Face Judicial Scrutiny
Declaration Editorial The “Revictimization Relief Act”, a legislative Frankenstein born from Mumia Abu Jamal’s commencement speech at Goddard College and…
Vigil Held for Slain Philly Police Officer Daniel Faulkner
By Joshua Albert and Kenneth Lipp Yesterday afternoon more than a hundred law enforcement officers and supporters gathered at Locust…
The Philly Declaration 