Overworked and underfunded lawyers simply cannot argue a case well. And in Abu-Jamal's case, being surrounded by dozens of lawyers is not enough to bring about justice. In 1978, a young Chicago-area couple was abducted and gruesomely murdered. With new DNA testing, it was discovered that not one of the four could have raped the woman. Since that re-evaluation, three other men admitted to the crime and are now behind bars.
Execution is simply wrong.
As fallible beings, we cannot give ourselves the power of life and death. It's true that people commit horrible, disgusting crimes. It's also true that the news of one of these crimes is sometimes so depressing, it makes you cry. Nothing will bring the victim back from the dead. Abu-Jamal's time is running out.