![]() ![]() ![]() The legal collective that Krasner was working for 20 years ago was set up by the National Lawyers Guild that since 1998, has listed Mumia as member of their governing board, referring to him as a "jailhouse lawyer and VP Emeritus." 22nd in state Supreme Court, Faulkner's lawyers, who were fighting to disqualify Krasner as a prosecutor, detail Krasner's work as a "movement attorney" and "strategist" representing "advocates for Mummia's exoneration and freedom." While we're talking about Krasner's charging unit, of which Sonam "FUCK THE COPS" Vachhani is a current member, everybody in Philadelphia should be concerned about how Larry Krasner is going to handle the people the cops arrested yesterday for the riots. ![]() Kris Hermes, a former NLG vice president, wrote a book in 2015 about the protests at the Convention entitled "Crashing the Party," thanked Krasner for representing Caleb Arnold and Danielle Redden, as they protested the "prison industrial complex." The protests included "A day of resistance to the Death Penalty and the Execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal."ĭuring the protests, some 400 people were arrested for allegedly assaulting police, obstructing roadways and committing numerous acts of vandalism.Īccording to an R2K press release at the time, the protesters at the convention were out advocating on behalf of "FREEDOM OF MUMIA ABU-JAMAL AND ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS" as well as to "ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY, ABOLISH THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, STOP POLICE TERROR" and "END THE CORPORATE WAR ON THE POOR." In their legal battle to disqualify Krasner as the prosecutor in the Mumia case, Faulkner's lawyers highlight Krasner's work on behalf of protesters at the 2000 Republican National Convention held in Philadelphia. ![]()
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