Overview
- Al-Amin died Sunday at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina, at age 82, according to his widow, after his son publicly announced the loss in a Facebook video.
- He was convicted in 2002 of murdering Fulton County Deputy Ricky Kinchen and wounding Deputy Aldranon English during a 2000 warrant service outside his Atlanta home.
- CAIR and allied groups urged the Fulton County District Attorney’s Conviction Integrity Unit to complete its review and consider clearing his name, citing longstanding concerns about the case.
- Supporters point to sworn confessions by federal inmate Otis Jackson and alleged procedural flaws as reasons to reexamine the conviction.
- Advocacy organizations also criticized the Bureau of Prisons for purportedly failing to adequately treat Al-Amin’s cancer, as tributes recalled his journey from SNCC leader to Atlanta imam; funeral plans have not yet been announced.