9:00 - 9:30 Music and messages read as people come in. Welcome.
9:30 - 10:00 Introduction of the judges and the prosecution team.
10:00 - 10:30 Reading of the Indictment and opening statement of the prosecution.
10:30 - 11:00 The historical context: police brutality and institutional racism in the Rizzo years, together with Mumia's role as working journalist.
11:00 - 11:30 The Black Panther Party in Philadelphia and Mumia's role.
11:30 - 11:45 COINTELPRO at work in the Mumia case.
11:45 - 12:15 The war on MOVE and Mumia's coverage of it.
12:15 - 12:45 "The Voice They Are Trying to Silence" / Mumia speaks through video and readings of his writings / the attempts to censor Mumia.
12: 45 - 1:00 Appeal to support the campaign to free Mumia.
1:00 - 2:00 LUNCH BREAK
2:00 - 2:20 The current police scandals and abuse.
2:20 - 2:30 The conditions of Mumia's imprisonment.
2:30 - 2:45 Pennsylvania and the death penalty.
2:45 - 2:50 Introduction of Mumia's defense team.
2:50 - 4:10 Presentation of the legal evidence.
2:50 - 3:00 The phony confession story
3:00 - 3:10 The phony ballistic evidence
3:10 - 3:45 The witnesses and what they had to say
3:45 - 3:55 Hostility of Judge Sabo, suppression of evidence, and Mumia's brother
3:55 - 4:05 The sentencing hearing / use of Mumia's revolutionary politics as an argument for execution
4:10 - 5:00 Summation argument.
5:00 - 5:55 Tribute to the international support movement. Recognition of the domestic support movement. Other messages as time permits, while judges meet.
5:55 - 6:25 Verdict of the judges.
6:25 - 6:30 Closing. We must be out of the hall by 7:00
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