Mumia has new book on jailhouse lawyers, book launch parties on east and west coasts

Mumia Abu Jamal has published a new book: Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisoners v. the USA. Details on the book are available here: https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/122_ProductDetails.aspx

A book party held on Mumia’s 55^th birthday will be held in Philadelphia on the 24^th of April, 2009 at the Church of the Advocate at 6 PM and in New York City at the Riverside Church at 4 PM on the 25^th . The flyer with event details is attached to this e mail. I will be among those speaking at both events. For those interested in prison, court access and jailhouse lawyering issues I hope you will be able to attend the event and or purchase the book. Please let others know about the events and encourage them to attend. Mumia is a prisoner on death row in Pennsylvania since 1982 and is a PLN columnist and the co jailhouse lawyer vice president of the National Lawyers Guild.