 In early 2014 , President Barack Obama nominated Debo P. Adegbile , a former lawyer for the NAACP who worked on Abu @-@ Jamal 's case , to head the civil rights division of the Justice Department , but the nomination was rejected by the U.S. Senate on a bipartisan basis because of Adegbile 's prior public support of Abu @-@ Jamal . 
 In early 2014 , President Barack Obama nominated Debo P. Adegbile , a former lawyer for the NAACP <a href='null_relcl' title='1'><mark>who</mark></a>worked on Abu @-@ Jamal <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>case , to head the civil rights division of the Justice Department , but the nomination was rejected by the U.S. Senate on a bipartisan basis because of Adegbile <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>prior public support of Abu @-@ Jamal . 
In early 2014 , President Barack Obama nominated Debo P. Adegbile , a former lawyer for the NAACP worked on Abu @-@ Jamal  case , to head the civil rights division of da Justice Department , but tdanomination was rejected by the U.S. Senate on a bipartisan basis because of Adegbile  prior public support of Abu @-@ Jamal .