>>> Dennis Menard on Ethics 
 DM> The evidence seems to indicate the frame was opportunistic; maybe that
 DM> is why it is so sloppy and obvious; though he (ie, Abu-Jamal) was being
 DM> watched by the police because of his association; the Philly police
 DM> have never been able to explain how the .44 slug found in the slain
 DM> officer's brain was able to come from Mumia's .38 ...  Mumia was shot
 DM> at the scene by a police bullet ...  The bullet entered his body from
 DM> above, passed down through a lung, into his abdomen; awaking from
 DM> surgery, found himself handcuffed to the bed. 
                        United States of America
Amnesty International publications and news releases 1996-1997
Reports
     * [2]Ill-Treatment of Inmates in Maricopa County Jails - Arizona(AMR
       51/51/97, August 1997)
     * [4]Use of Electro-Shock Stun Belts (AMR 51/45/96, 12 June 1996)
     * [5]Police Brutality and Excessive Force in the New York City
       Police Department (AMR 51/36/96, June 1996)
     * [6]USA:The Death Penalty in Georgia: Racist, Arbitrary and Unfair
       (AMR 51/25/96, June 1996)
News Releases
     * [8]Amnesty International's Secretary General, Horrified With
       Pennsylvania's Death Row, Hears Testimony of Mumia Abu-jamal and
       Scott Blystone(AMR 51/76/97, 25 November 1997)
     * [9]Amnesty International's Secretary General Visits Pennsylvania's
       Death Row Inmates Mumia Abu-jamal and Scott Blystone(AMR 51/72/97,
       24 November 1997)
     * [10]Pierre SanÉ, Amnesty International Secretary General, to Visit
       Condemned Prisoners Mumia Abu-jamal and Scott Blystone and Former
       Death Row Inmate Robert Dehart(AMR 51/70/97, 17 November 1997)
     * [11]Police Use of Pepper Spray -- Tantamount to Torture(AMR
       51/67/97, 4 November 1997)
     * [14]Texas Cited for Defying the Vienna Convention(AMR 51/34/97, 16
       June 1997)
References
   2. http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aipub/1997/AMR/25105197.htm
   4. http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aipub/1996/AMR/25104596.htm
   5. http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aipub/1996/AMR/25103696.htm
   6. http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aipub/1996/AMR/25102596.htm
   8. http://www.amnesty.org/news/1997/25107697.htm
   9. http://www.amnesty.org/news/1997/25107297.htm
  10. http://www.amnesty.org/news/1997/25107097.htm
  11. http://www.amnesty.org/news/1997/25106797.htm
  14. http://www.amnesty.org/news/1997/25103497.htm
 DM> Well, I certainly disagree with the tree-spiking tactic.  But, all
 DM> things considered, it is really little worse than some of the tactics
 DM> used against protestors by industry and industry supporters.
The worse being to close the courts to logging cases while allowing the 
forest service illegal sales.  But this is regular fair, to be stronger and 
to not allow peaceful or legal resolution.  Hence riots, terriorism, etc.  
Alas, possible victims of spiking are loggers and mill workers, and not any 
money making culprits.
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