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Keith Cook just started a petition to Dr. Paul Noel, Director of Health Care for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and Dr. Carl J. Keldie, Chief Clinical Officer of Correct Care Solutions stating:
Dear ColorOfChange members,
5 years ago, Pennsylvania courts overturned Mumia Abu-Jamals death sentence. But the states penal system strongly disagrees.
Serving life without parole for a crime he did not commit, Mumia is currently chained to a bed, where he is dying from a curable disease. This is how the State has reintroduced and staged his execution.
Urge Dr. Paul Noel and Dr. Carl J. Keldie to provide immediate life saving Hepatitis C treatment to Mumia Abu-Jamal.
http://shpg.org/176/170684
enough
(13,256 posts)ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)that we, as a people, would do this to anyone. Imagine the people dealing with him and turning a blind eye to him, everyday.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)Kentonio
(4,377 posts)SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)But I disagree that he didn't commit the murder with which he's being charged.
Demit
(11,238 posts)As far as I can tell, this is the petition Keith Cook filed a year ago. I know Mumia sued the Department of Corrections last year regarding access to hep c medication, and there were hearings, but has there been any ruling on the case? I can't find anything recent on Mumia except his prison radio broadcasts.
elleng
(130,861 posts)Demit
(11,238 posts)of imminent death, although he still has a skin rash, but the lawsuit holds promise for other inmates who have Hepatitis C.