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MOVE 9 Women Denied Parole!
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HansBennett | 04.22.2008
The Philadelphia Inquirer has just reported that the MOVE 9 women were denied parole on grounds that they minimized or denied the "nature and circumstances" of the offense, "refused to accept responsibility" and lacked remorse, and the "negative recommendation" by the prosecutor. The Injustice Continues: MOVE 9 women denied parole By Hans Bennett The Philadelphia Inquirer ( READ FULL ARTICLE ) announced today that the three remaining MOVE 9 women (Debbie Sims Africa, Janet Hollaway Africa and Janine Phillips Africa) were denied parole by the PA Parole Board. The Inquirer quotes parole board spokesperson Leo Dunn as saying that parole had been denied because the three MOVE prisoners had “minimized or denied the ‘nature and circumstances’ of the offense, ‘refused to accept responsibility’ and lacked remorse. He said the fourth reason for the rejections was the ‘negative recommendation’ by the prosecutor.” The parole board used several of the stipulations that MOVE spokesperson Ramona Africa had predicted that they would try and use to deny parole, including that they "refused to accept responsibility" and lacked remorse.... The unfairness and arguable illegality of this is so obvious, because how can you expect someone to "admit guilt" when they've always said they are innocent? Where does remorse come from if someone is actually innocent? The “nature and circumstances” stipulation is a blatant re-sentence, since the serious nature of the charges were considered by the judge at the time when he ruled that MOVE should be eligible for parole after 30 years. How can this fairly be used to deny parole? A further outrage is that the women never even faced weapons charges, unlike the male MOVE 9 prisoners. Because of this, it had been thought by many observers that the women would have a better chance of receiving parole. Therefore, if this is any indication, it does not look good for the MOVE 9 men, for whom the parole decision is still pending. If supporters want to make a difference and hold the parole board accountable for these blatantly unconstitutional parole stipulations, we must increase public pressure. This blatantly unfair decision can only serve to validate the argument that the MOVE 9 are indeed “political prisoners”. At move9parole.blogspot.com there are resources for contacting the parole board. As well as articles, and a new video-series focusing on MOVE 9 parole that feature new interviews with Ramona and Mike Africa Jr. mixed in with archival footage from the recent documentary on MOVE by Cohort Media, narrated by Howard Zinn. |
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Don't it just chap your
Submitted by Justice is Served (no verificado) on Jue, 04/24/2008 - 2:52pmDon't it just chap your racist asses that you couldn't lie these women out of jail and that you have failed to free the convicted murder mumia. Whew, it must suck to fail at everything, but when you have whitey to blame, that helps, don't it.
Showing your colors
Submitted by HansBennett on Jue, 04/24/2008 - 3:57pmI "have whitey to blame," huh? Thanks "Justice is Served" for showing your racist colors... Many anti-Mumia/MOVE folks like to downplay the prominent role of racism in the repression of MOVE and Mumia... But, at least you're honest about it, eh?
fight black supremacists
Submitted by fight black supremacism (no verificado) on Jue, 04/24/2008 - 7:12pmKeep those black supremacists in jail.
MOVE, black supremacists?
Submitted by HansBennett on Mié, 04/30/2008 - 11:22pmCome on! Anyone who's been around MOVE knows they are not "black supremacists". MOVE will work together with anyone who wants to fight the system and help free the MOVE 9.
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