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Fund represented a man on appeal who was convicted in 1982 of killing a philadelphia police officer. that man was convict ed when adigbule was just a kid. and he worked on the case for the naacp as it challenged in appeals the constitutionality of the jurys sentencing instructions. and they won. the court ruled in favor of the naacp which resulted in jamaals death sentence being vacated. hes now serving life without parole. that single appellate representation was then transformed into the basic...

Born in the bronx. raised by a single mom, his family battled not only poverty but homelessness too. then he had a nine-year turn as an adorable child on sesame street. he served the naacp for a decade as a civil rights lawyer of tremendous acclaim. defending the voting rights act in front of the supreme court twice. he was voted down because of another man he once defended. thats not the whole story. the organization that he worked for, the naacp legal defense fund represented a man on appeal w...