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Ruchell Magee, the Glossary

Index Ruchell Magee

Ruchell Cinque Magee (1939 – October 17, 2023) was an American man who spent most of his life in prison.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 34 relations: Angela Davis, Bay State Banner, Compassionate release, Correctional Training Facility, Dan Berger (American academic), Franklinton, Louisiana, Gary W. Thomas, George Jackson (activist), Harold Haley, Harvard University, Hung jury, Insanity defense, Jailhouse lawyer, Jonathan P. Jackson, Joseph Cinqué, Ku Klux Klan, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Marin County Civic Center attacks, Oakland Post (California), Oakland, California, Parole, Public defender, San Francisco Bay View, San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, San Rafael, California, Schlesinger Library, Slavery, Soledad Brothers, The Guardian, The Journal of African American History, The Scranton Times-Tribune, University of California, Berkeley, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Vexatious litigation.

  2. 1970 in California
  3. 1970s crimes in California
  4. 1970s kidnappings in the United States

Angela Davis

Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944) is an American Marxist and feminist political activist, philosopher, academic, and author; she is a professor emerita at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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The Bay State Banner is a weekly newspaper primarily geared toward the readership interests of the African-American community in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Compassionate release

Compassionate release is a process by which inmates in criminal justice systems may be eligible for immediate early release on grounds of "particularly extraordinary or compelling circumstances which could not reasonably have been foreseen by the court at the time of sentencing".

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Correctional Training Facility

Correctional Training Facility (CTF), commonly referenced as Soledad State Prison, is a state prison located on U.S. Route 101, north of Soledad, California, adjacent to Salinas Valley State Prison.

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Dan Berger (American academic)

Dan Berger is an author, historian and professor at the University of Washington Bothell.

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Franklinton, Louisiana

Franklinton is a town in, and the parish seat of Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Gary W. Thomas

Gary W. Thomas (March 19, 1938 – April 3, 2017) was a Marin County, California prosecutor and Superior Court judge.

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George Jackson (activist)

George Lester Jackson (September 23, 1941 – August 21, 1971) was an American author, activist and convicted felon.

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Harold Haley

Harold Joseph Haley (November 14, 1904 – August 7, 1970) was an American judge.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Hung jury

A hung jury, also called a deadlocked jury, is a judicial jury that cannot agree upon a verdict after extended deliberation and is unable to reach the required unanimity or supermajority.

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Insanity defense

The insanity defense, also known as the mental disorder defense, is an affirmative defense by excuse in a criminal case, arguing that the defendant is not responsible for their actions due to a psychiatric disease at the time of the criminal act.

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Jailhouse lawyer

Jailhouse lawyer is a colloquial term in North American English to refer to an inmate in a jail or other prison who, though usually never having practiced law nor having any formal legal training, informally assists other inmates in legal matters relating to their sentence (e.g. appeal of their sentence, pardons, stays of execution, etc.) or to their conditions in prison.

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Jonathan P. Jackson

Jonathan Peter Jackson (June 23, 1953 – August 7, 1970) was an American militant activist who died of gunshot wounds sustained during an armed invasion of the Marin County Civic Center.

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Joseph Cinqué

Sengbe Pieh, also known as Joseph Cinqué or Cinquez and sometimes referred to mononymously as Cinqué, was a West African man of the Mende people who led a revolt of many Africans on the Spanish slave ship La Amistad in July 1839.

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Ku Klux Klan

The Ku Klux Klan, commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is the name of several historical and current American white supremacist, far-right terrorist organizations and hate groups.

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Louisiana State Penitentiary

The Louisiana State Penitentiary (known as Angola, and nicknamed the "Alcatraz of the South", "The Angola Plantation" and "The Farm"Sutton, Keith "Catfish". "". ESPN Outdoors. May 31, 2006. Retrieved on August 25, 2010.) is a maximum-security prison farm in Louisiana operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections.

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Marin County Civic Center attacks

The Marin County Civic Center attacks were two related attacks in 1970 at the Marin County Superior Court, located in the Marin County Civic Center in San Rafael, California, United States, tied to escalating racial tensions in the state's criminal justice system. Ruchell Magee and Marin County Civic Center attacks are 1970 in California, 1970s crimes in California and 1970s kidnappings in the United States.

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Oakland Post (California)

The Oakland Post is the largest African-American weekly newspaper in Northern California, headquartered in Downtown Oakland.

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Oakland, California

Oakland is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California.

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Parole

Parole (also known as provisional release or supervised release) is a form of early release of a prison inmate where the prisoner agrees to abide by behavioral conditions, including checking-in with their designated parole officers, or else they may be rearrested and returned to prison.

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Public defender

A public defender is a lawyer appointed to represent people who otherwise cannot reasonably afford to hire a lawyer to defend themselves in a trial.

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San Francisco Bay View

The San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper is an online and print newspaper, published in San Francisco, California.

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San Quentin Rehabilitation Center

San Quentin Rehabilitation Center (SQ), formerly known as San Quentin State Prison, is a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation state prison for men, located north of San Francisco in the unincorporated place of San Quentin in Marin County.

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San Rafael, California

San Rafael (Spanish for "St. Raphael") is a city and the county seat of Marin County, California, United States.

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Schlesinger Library

The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America is a research library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University.

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Slavery

Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour.

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Soledad Brothers

The Soledad Brothers were three inmates charged with the murder of a prison guard, John Vincent Mills, at California's Soledad Prison on January 16, 1970.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Journal of African American History

The Journal of African American History, formerly The Journal of Negro History (1916–2001), is a quarterly academic journal covering African-American life and history.

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The Scranton Times-Tribune

The Scranton Times-Tribune is a morning newspaper serving the Scranton, Pennsylvania, area.

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University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California.

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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Nebraska, NU, or UNL) is a public land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.

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Vexatious litigation

Vexatious litigation is legal action which is brought solely to harass or subdue an adversary.

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See also

1970 in California

1970s crimes in California

1970s kidnappings in the United States

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruchell_Magee

Also known as Ruchell Cinque Magee.