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Judge Wendell Griffen on a Life Fighting for Justice, from Protesting Death Penalty to Backing Mumia
Wendell Griffen, a judge of the 6th Judicial Circuit of Arkansas, 5th Division, has become a prominent voice calling for a new trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal. Griffen will retire this month after 24 years on the bench and a career that has included speaking out against the death penalty and the War in Iraq. Griffen is also the Pastor of New Millennium Church and author of “The Fierce Urgency of Prophetic Hope.”