stated that he would get mamia abu jamal off of death row. r. adegbile holds mamia abu jamal or remorseless, unrepentant cop killer in high esteem. we know this because attorneys working under adegbile's to provisions to be for public rallies held in support of my husband's killer and openly profess it was an extreme honor to represent the man who put all of baseball but in to my husband's brain as he lay on the ground wounded, unarmed and defenseless. mr. adegbile and those who support his nomination will undoubtedly argue he did not personally make such statements, he did nothing to counter or stop them. in the end like so many attorneys before him, mr. adegbile's allegations of civil rights abuse rang hollow. mamia abu jamal's sentence was overturned not because of civil rights abuses as alleged by mr. adegbile but because three judges with a personal dislike for capital punishment conveniently determined the wording in a standard form given to the jury might have confused them. debo adegbile might be a competent litigator, through his word