Democracy Now! April 25, 2012

April 25, 2012 from Democracy Now! via Creative Commons License BY-NC-ND

Hundreds of supporters of former death row prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal marked his 58th birthday Tuesday with a protest outside the US Department Justice, calling for a federal probe into his case. As US student debt reaches $1 trillion, a coalition of groups plan to protest record-high college costs. Mumia Abu-Jamal speaks exclusively to Democracy Now! from prison on life after death row and his quest for freedom -- and talks to Danny Glover for the first time. Plus headlines, and more.

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Mumia Abu-Jamal

Mumia Abu-Jamal is an American convict, serving a life sentence for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. His original sentence of death, handed down at his first trial in July 1982, was commuted to life imprisonment in 2012. Described as "perhaps the... Explore this topic

Democracy Now!

Democracy Now! is a United States daily progressive, nonprofit, independently syndicated program of news, analysis, and opinion, aired by more than 1000 radio, television, satellite and cable TV networks in North America. The award-winning one hour War and Peace Report is host... Explore this topic

US Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice, also known as the Justice Department, is the United States federal executive department responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The D... Explore this topic

Protest

An act of defiance or objection by an individual or group of people. Protests can take many forms: peaceful or violent, direct or indirect, large or small. Protests in the news are often political in nature, as groups of citizens voice their disagreement or dissatisfaction. Pr... Explore this topic

Death row

Death row, in English reading countries that have capital punishment is the place, often a section of a prison, that houses individuals awaiting execution. The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of awaiting execution, even in places where no special facility ... Explore this topic

Occupy DC

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Occupy movement

The "Occupy" protests are an ongoing series of international protests which began in mid-September 2011 and are primarily against social and economic inequality, corporate greed and influence of corporate money and lobbyists on government. The protests take their name from the... Explore this topic

Danny Glover

Danny Glover is a film producer and an actor. Explore this topic

United States

The United States of America, commonly called the United States or America, is a federal republic consisting of fifty states and a federal district. The lower forty-eight contiguous states and the federal district of Washington, D.C. are in central North America between Canada... Explore this topic

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