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In the summer of 1969, W.L. Nolen, a 25-year-old inmate at Soledad prison in California who had been convicted in 1963 for robbery, began circulating a petition to file a lawsuit against the prison's superintendent, Cletus J. Fitzharris. Nolen's petition charged that guards and officials at the facility knew of "existing social and racial ...
Ruchell Cinque Magee (born Ruchell Lewis; 17 March 1939 – October 17, 2023) was an American man who spent most of his life in prison. [1] [2] He pled guilty to aggravated kidnapping in the August 7, 1970 Marin County Civic Center courthouse attacks in San Rafael, California.
Talamantez was acquitted in 1971 of the murder charge related to San Quentin. He served 5 more years of his sentence for the 1966 armed robbery. After being released on parole on August 20, 1976, he was taken to a celebration party at the home of his primary defense attorney, Robert Carrow, in Marin County. [34]
Newsom chose San Quentin in Marin County, the state's oldest prison, to jump-start the California Model last year. At San Quentin, prison officials are focused on improving relations between ...
Gary W. Thomas (March 19, 1938 – April 3, 2017) was a Marin County, California prosecutor and Superior Court judge. [1] Thomas was primarily known for his role in the Marin County Civic Center shootout in which he was taken hostage in a courtroom, along with Judge Harold Haley and three female jurors, by Jonathan Jackson and three inmates from San Quentin State Prison in what is widely ...
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Martinez was sentenced to 18 years and eight months in prison on Dec. 13, 1994, for a Sacramento County conviction of four counts of second-degree robbery with a gun, vehicle theft and assault ...
Academy Award winning actor murdered in robbery outside his house [10] [7] [195] [196] 44: Murder of Ennis Cosby: Los Angeles: 1997-01-16: Son of Bill Cosby shot in the head in robbery attempt at the Mulholland exit to the 405 freeway [7] [197] 45: Murder of the Notorious B.I.G. Los Angeles: 1997-03-09: Murder of rapper in drive-by shooting ...