one of the coordinators of the campaign to bring mumia home.g up, we look at how qatar and morocco have been caught bribing members of the european parliament in scandal that has rocked brussels and put european parliament members behind bars. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: argentine vent in honor of argentina winning the world cup, the first time in something like 30, 40 years. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. while the world cup has ended with argentina defeating france in the finals, we turn now to look at a bribery scandal involving qatar, the host of the world cup, that has rocked the european parliament. earlier this month, authorities in belgium raided the homes and offices of european parliament lawmakers, accusing them of accepting bribes from government officials in qatar as well as this is being reported as much, as well as morocco. the raids recovered hundreds of thousands of euros in cash. among those arrested was european parliament vice-president eva kaili. in the lead-up t

mumia abu-jam is now in prison because -- let's be clear, because of bloodst.a notion that a police officer was ordered. daniel faulkner was murdered. and prosecution messed up investigation -- the investigation messed up. and mumia abu-jamal was wrongfully prosecuted, wrongfully convicted, wrongfully sentence, and now wrongfully carcerat. but our bloodlust prevents us from acknowledging that. and i understand that as a state court trial judge who has tried murder cases. i understand that the pain of victims, i understand the desire of colleagues to get revenge. however, justice is never about revenge. we do not allow victimsr their friends or partners of the murdered to decide what justic is. justice is doing right, not getting revenge. we need to understand the difference between the two. amy: judge wendell griffen, there's so much more to talk about. judge griffen wrote the essay "finding justice for both maureen faulkner and mumia abu-jamal," referring to the widow of the slain police officer daniel faulkner. we will link to your peace and we will also do p