Mumia ad

[Brad De Long]

>     Here in Philadelphia there are a large number of leftists who are
>bewildered by the national Mumia campaign.  There are three reasons for
>this:
>1) The evidence points to Mumia's guilt and preponderantly so.

Well, he's supposed to be guilty not just by a preponderance of the
evidence (or even by "clear and convincing" evidence) but by evidence that
shows his guilt "beyond a reasonable doubt" before he is put under the
hammer of criminal liability...


>
>     True enough, his trial was substandard and there's plenty to
>quibble about with the process leading to his conviction.

Reason enough for a new--fair--trial, no?

Brad DeLong