See photos of their protests in Iowa City. Click here for more on the case and the controversy. Clinton's leaving office, Bush is in and time is running out for Abu-Jamal. A presidential pardon isn't likely. The Philadelphia radio news journalist was convicted of shooting a white city police officer in 1981.
Supporters say too many questions about the incident remain.
As a journalist in the 1980s, Abu-Jamal exposed corruption in the city's police department and in the mayor's office. And it's no secret that he garnered many powerful enemies in the process. Nearly 20 years later, he's still in the fight for his life. Abu-Jamal's best chance for a new federal investigation might have ended with Clinton. The tough-talking George W. Bush has already said he'll be hard on crime.