Other prominent clients included Kathy Boudin , a member of the Weather Underground charged with felony murder for her participation in an armed robbery ; anti-war activist Ron Kaufman ; Bill and Emily Harris ( of the SLA ) , wrongfully convicted Korean-American Chol Soo Lee , and Jimi Simmons , among others . He was the lead defense attorney for Mumia Abu-Jamal for several years . In 1995 , he authored a book about Abu-Jamal 's case entitled '' Race for Justice : Mumia Abu Jamal 's Fight Against the Death Penalty '' . In 1972 , Weinglass took on the defense of John Sinclair , Chairman of the White Panther Party in Detroit , Michigan . The case became '' United States v. U.S. District Court '' , 407 U.S. 297 ( 1972 ) on appeal to the United States Supreme Court , a landmark decision prohibiting the government 's use of electronic surveillance without a warrant . Weinglass defended Kathy Boudin in the 1981 Brink 's robbery
Brink 's robbery
Brink's robbery (1981)
Leonard Weinglass