Whatever his faults, the late Sen. Arlen Specter didn't shy away from unpopular positions when he thought he was right. One of those was declaring that Mumia Abu-Jamal's trial was unfair, write TCBH! journalist Linn Washington

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Whatever his faults, the late Sen. Arlen Specter didn't shy away from unpopular positions when he thought he was right. One of those was declaring that Mumia Abu-Jamal's trial was unfair, write TCBH! journalist Linn Washington

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Authors Bio:

Dave Lindorff, winner of a 2019 "Izzy" Award for Outstanding Independent Journalism from the Park Center for Independent Media in Ithaca, is a founding member of the collectively-owned, journalist-run online newspaper www.thiscantbehappening.net. He is a columnist for Counterpunch, is author of several recent books ("This Can't Be Happening! Resisting the Disintegration of American Democracy" and "Killing Time: An Investigation into the Death Penalty Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal"). His latest book, coauthored with Barbara Olshanshky, is "The Case for Impeachment: The Legal Argument for Removing President George W. Bush from Office (St. Martin's Press, May 2006).