A condemned Tennessee prisoner is waiting to hear whether he will be spared the death chamber after he claimed prosecutors illegally excluded African Americans from the jury pool. Abu-Ali Abdur’Rahman (ah-BOO’-ah-LEE’) (AHB’-dur-RAK’-mahn), who is black, faces an April 16 execution date for the 1986 murder of Patrick Daniels. Nashville’s district attorney agreed on Wednesday to convert Abdur’Rahman’s sentence to life, but Criminal Court Judge Monte Watkins still has to sign off on the agreement.
