A new Amnesty International report exam­ines the case of Abu-Ali Abdur’Rahman, a Tennessee death row inmate sched­uled for exe­cu­tion on June 18. His case involves ques­tions of inad­e­quate defense and pros­e­cu­to­r­i­al mis­con­duct. The report notes that after learn­ing of excul­pa­to­ry and mit­i­gat­ing evi­dence that was kept from the jury at Abdur’Rahman’s tri­al, eight of the orig­i­nal tri­al jurors said that they no longer have con­fi­dence in their sen­tenc­ing ver­dict. In addi­tion, a Tennessee Supreme Court judge has point­ed out that ​“none of the judges who have reviewed this case has seri­ous­ly dis­put­ed that Abdur’Rahman’s tri­al coun­sel was woe­ful­ly incom­pe­tent and demon­stra­bly inef­fec­tive.” Amnesty’s report was released as the orga­ni­za­tion urged Governor Phil Bredesen to grant exec­u­tive clemen­cy to Abdur’Rahman. 

Read Amnesty International’s Report and Press Release. See also DPIC’s page and video link on this case.

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