Condemned inmate waits to hear whether he will be spared

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — 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.
But Nashville’s district attorney has agreed to convert Abdur’Rahman’s sentence to life. The j