FBI Files: George Lester Jackson (Part 2)

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and choice,and nobodysuggested, threatenedor implied whichway heshould signthe form.He statedthatatno time didhe feel his answer on the form would bring about reprisalfrom theprison officials if he should utdown a choiceunfavorable totheprison.that he knowsa lot of other inmates chec o f on this form thatthey did not wantto be interviewed. Heknows ofno instancewhereaninmate gave this answer becausehewas afraid ofthe prison official.

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his place of business,Salinas, California.identified themselvesof Investigation,verballyandthrough displayof officialcredential cards. Furt.her,was advisedof the purposeof the investigation by the Agents.

advised that he wasaware that a civil actionwasfiled!nUn!tedStatesDistrictCourt throughtheofficeof

B if 1. Frth n areAttorney_ erkeley,Calorna u er,e wasaw 0thatthisactonwasto bea comaintonbehalfofplaintiffs

; GEORGELESTERJACKSON,' namingcertain CaliforniaStateOfficials an MontereyCountyOfficials as responsiblesin denyingtheplaintiffscertainrights and privileges.

advised that heis embarrasseddueto thefact he hasno personalknowledgeof the contextof the complaint,but is not ashamedthat his nameis apart of thecomplaint. Headvisedthat he wasto havereceived acopyof the complaint from- butfailedtopickthisup atherofficelastweek.

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Black citizenof theUnited Statesof Americawho isand for

the pastten yearshas beenconfined inprison bytheState

of California for aterm of one year to life.

-~" ' . 11 .Plaintiff, Fleets Drumgo, isa23_yearold Black

citizen of,th United Statesof Americawhoisand whohas

been confinedin prison by theState ofCalifornia to serve

aterm of six months tofifteen years. ". 2 M,.- -

Plaintiff; Johnw,Clutchette is a27 yea:-old' _,_,__-as -

Black citizenof theUnited Statesof Americawhoisand who

has beenconfined inprison bytheStateof California toserveatermof sixmonths tofifteen years. -'; 6--

Defendant, EvelleYounger isthe AttorneyGeneral

of theState ofCalifornia, andheisthe successor inoffice

to theAttorney Generalof theState.of Californiaduring

some ofthe timesthe actscomplained ofherein werecommittethe AttorneyGeneral ofthe Stateof Californiais the chieflaw enforcementofficer of theStatewhose duties include

investigation andprosecution ofcrimes committedwithin theState;itis his dutyunder theConstitution ofthe UnitedStates ofAmerica, nottoconvict, but to see thatJusticeisdone. ' -

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Defendant, HenryW. Kerr,is Chairmanof theAdultAuthority fortheStateof California; hisduties includebut arenot limited to the holding ofhearings fortheparole ofpersons committedto prisonby andin theState

of California, inorder to determinewhether suchpersonsshall beadmitted toparole fromtheir sentencesto prison.

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-. Defendant,RaymondK. Procunier,is the Director

of theCaliforniaDepartmentof Corrections;hisduties

includebutarenotlimitedto thecontrol,custody,and

I3 maintenanceofprisoninmatesandfacilitiesforandini theState of California. * -

"1t~Defendant,WilliamCurtis, is the District

Attorneyfor the Countyof Monterey,State of

his dutiesincludebutare notlimitedto the

' California;' investigation

andprosecutionof crimecommittedwithintheCountyof-

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-Atall timesmentionedhereintheactsandconductof defendantscomplainedof wereandare beingcommitted by

defendants,their agents,servants,or employeeswiththe

expressor impliedknowledgeor consentofdefendants;andat all timesmentionedhereintheactsof defendants,theiragents,servantsoremployeeswerecommittedwhileacting

undercolorofState Law.Hereinafter,theterm"defendants"

shall-beusedto meanthedefendants,theiragents,servants,

or employees.-

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Plaintiffs are eachchargedin asingle State

CourtIndictment,thesamebeingCR-ZRQS,originatingin the

-SuperiorCourtfortheCountyofMonterey,StateofCaliforniandnhichis nowpendingasaresultof.anordergranting

_ plaintiffschangeofvenue,intheSuperiorCourtforthe

CityandCountyof SanFrancisco,Stateof California.

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. 'It is chargedin said Indictment that plaintiff

George L.Jackson, onJanuary 16,1970 didviolate SectionN500 ofthe PenalCode ofthe Stateof California by commit-

ting, while serving alife sentencein a state prison,an~assault uponone JohnVLMills,and_that as aresult of said

assault, JohnV. Mills died; it ischarged in said Indictment

that plaintiff Fleeta Drumgoand plaintiffJohn W.1t3on January16, 1970did violate Section U501of the Penal. '

Code ofthe State of California by committin, while confined

in aCalifornia State correctional facility, an assault upononeJohnV. Millsby means offorce likely to producebodily

injury; itis furthercharged insaid Indictmentthat plain-tiffs did violate Section 187 of the PenalCode ofthe State

of California, by murderingone JohnV. Mi1ls_cnJanuary 16,1910. '_,

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Atrial date has not been set on the charges

contained in the abovedescribed Indictment,butit is likely

that the setting of a trial date is imminent; plaintiffs and

their_attorneys insaid StateCourtproceedings have been_

and theyare, within the confinesof the constitutional

deprivations describedbelow, investigatingand tryingtoprepare forthe trial of the charges pendingagainst theplaintiffs. 9 92 -'' .

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For a long time prior to January 16, 1970,

defendants, theirpredecessors inoffice, haveengaged ina

course orconduct separatelyand together,which wasand

which isintentionally anddeliberately calculatedto denyto personsincarcerated rprison facilitiesof the State

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of California rights guaranteedto suchpersons bythe ,

Constitution ofthe UnitedStates ofAmerica; thehistoryof themost shocking,horrendous, andflagrant constitutional

1 violations aswell asthe ignoring ofand disregardfor human . rights anddecency bythePiFa?- in .5. ;inc,:_;L,

has requiredFederal Courtintervention inthe past,has' requiredlegislative investigations,and hasearned fortheState ofCalifornia areputation ofthe Lostscandalousnature inthe fieldof penalcorrection; thediscriminatory,oppressive, andunconstitutional patternof tonductby thepersons referredto withinthis paragraphcontinuesupto

, the present time,and unlessthe reliefasked forherein is1 _ ._ granted, it shallcontinue intothe future,to theirreparable

harm of plaintiffs.

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Mills, defendantshave engagedand arecontinuing toengage,v-**""'* .in asystematicpattern ofconduct, separatelyand together,

which iscalculated toand whichdoes depriyethe plaintiof rights,privileges andimmunities securedby theConstitu-

tion and lawscf theUnited Statesof America,and inparti'1 cular said conductdeprives plaintiffs,in thecriminal case_,' . |

pending againstthem, ofthe effectiveassistance ofcounsel,the rightto confrontwitnesses againstthem andobtain92> 92 ' witnesses intheir behalf,{air trial, due processof law,_ ''Z_i_I

- equalprotection oflag, andfreedcm frombonds ofslavery;V A _

unlesstherelief requested hereinis granted,plaintiffs

shallirreparably suffer lossand destructionof theserights,1 privileges and immunitiesreferred toherein.

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.The systematic patternof conductcomplained ofherein andcommitted bydefendants, includesbut is not_

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eFrom the momentJohn V.hillswas found dyingon

January 16,1970, approximately165 inmatesof the California1 Training Facility where Mills workedas aguard andwhere

he redeivedhis injuries; were subjectedto humiliatingand

- badgeringinterrogation withoutthe benefitof advicebycounsel, family,or friends;such conductby defendants

continued for approximatelyone full week, duringwhichtime plaintiffs were placed in isolation and they were

Icharged in the Indictment asis hereinaboveset forth.

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- _Several alleged andprospective witnessesfor theprosecution againstthe plaintiff;havebeen andare recei-ving special and favoredtreatment, andthey havebeen pro-

mised specialari favored treatment bydefendants if they

offer testimony against the plaintiffs at their trial.

, Plaintiffs andtheir counsel havesoughtto

question andinterview personswho wereat theCorrectional"'Training Facilityat Soledadat the time of the deathof

John V. Mills; their efforts were early met by refusals by

defendants toallow themto do so andlater by difficulties

hereinafter described;by transferring prospective witnesses

to facilities scattered throughoutthe State of California,

and bythreats andintimidation ofsuch prospectivewitnesses.

When plaintiffsobtainedacourtorder to interviewsaidinmates, defendantsordered, encouragedor permittedaform"

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"Exhibit A the effect of whichprocedurewasa further

designedintimidation of prospective witnessesfor he_plaintiffs.. i "I '

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" Ninety percent of the inmates to whomthe form

referred to in the preceding paragraph was submitted,

becauseof fear for their personal safety at the handsof _

defendants, andbecauseof fearof the possibility of having

theirparoles denied because of knownand threatened repri-

salsbydefendants,refusedto indicatea willingnessto be

interviewed bycounsel for plaintiffs; counsel for plain-

tiffs, nevertheless,pursued their dutyto interview such'

inmates,andof someR0suchinmatesinterviewed,38gave'

information tocounsel for plaintiffs which is relevant for

plaintiffs defense; during suchinterviews counsel for

plaintiffswere told that inmatesdid not want to sign the

form submitted by prison officials because they were afraid

that ifthey did so, their chances for parole would be ended,

and that they were in fear for their safety and lives; some

of the inmatessointerviewedreportedthat theyhavebeen

kept inmaximum security facilities since the deathof John

V. Mills, without disciplinary chargeshavingbeenbrought

againstthem; several inmateswhopossessinformation which

is relevant and helpful for the

been told by defendants that if

defense of plaintiffs, have

they offer helpful informa-

tion to the plaintiffs ortheir counsel,_they the inmates!

will not leave prison alive; asone inmatewroteto counsel

for oneof the plaintiffs,' '

I was in Y wing in Soledad when officerMills died andI know some things that arehelpful... Oneof the reasonswhyI did

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not come forward sooner was because I' wasscared what the officials here might

.do tome... There is guysherewho wants_to help but like me they are scared.... ,

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OneYwing inmate appearedfor aparole hearing

before the Adult Authority in-July, 1970; hewas askedatthe hearing whether he wasgoingto be awitness for the

plaintiffs, andhe wasquestioned aboutwhat histestimonywould he;when hequestioned the-AdultAuthority aboutthe

relevancy oftheirinquiries to hisrightto parole,hewastold to shutupand to leave the room;his parole was not

granted, andheisnow confined toX wingat the SoledadTraining Facility without privileges becausehemay be a

witness forthe plaintiffs. 'fv

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An inmate who is believed by defendants to be'

giving relevant and helpful information to counsel for

plaintiffs for the defenseof plaintiffs, is namedThomasi:_eneweathe3in July,1970, two-inmateswere calledfromtheir cellsby defendants wherethey wereoffered favored

treatment paroleswithin ayear if the inmates wouldkill

Meneweather. .

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An inmatewho hasknowledge ofsome eventssur-

roundingthe criminal_charges against plaintiffs, was

informed bydefendants thatit wouldbe-wise for him_to

forget whathe knowsabout thoseevents;.he wastransferredto FolsomPrison andit was intimatedtohim that if he did

not forget about thoseevents, hemight bekilled by prison

guards inthe guntowers, allof whomwere givenhis photo-graph; hewas transferredfrom FolsomPriscn onlyafter he

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"obtained intervention by aUnited States Senator; he is still

fearful for his life and he knowsthat other inmates have

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inmatewhowasin the ScledadTraining Facility

the time of the death of John V. Mills,has been confined

in maximumsecurity since danuary 16, l970; since that date

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has been visited on many occasions by defendants; he had

them that a bloody palm print belonging to him

the site where Mills died; the persons who told

to him know or should know, that in fact the

print does not belong to the inmate; the same

inmate has been told by defendants, that he would be treated

wellif he cooperated with defendants by offering testimony

against plaintiffs; the inmate so feared for his safety that.-

he wroteto a California State Senator for help; an agent

of defendants visited the inmate in response to the letter,

and he informed the inmate that hewould neverbe released

from maximumsecurity unless and until he offered testimony

against plaintiffs; the inmate is in fear for his life,and

in May,1970, he was given contaminated food or poison was

placed in his food; he knows of other inmates who fear for

their lives if theyoffer testimony for plaintiffs or if

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inmate was visited bydefendants;

he was asked

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offer testimony against plaintiffs.

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of John V. Mills, an

hewas.treated nicely and

whetherhe would like to visit his f,ind;1ain

tiff George L. Jackson. when he said that he would, he was

taken for avisit to Jackson. After the visit he was

threatened and intimidated by defendants, at whichtime he'

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was promisedaparoleifhewouldfalsely teskifythatinhis visitwithJackson,Jackson admittedthat heand the_other plaintiffskilled JohnV. the inmate wastold

that ifhe didnot sotestify, theinmate wouldneverbeparoled; whenthe inmaterefused tooffer suchfalsetesti-mony, hewas toldthat hewouldpay for hisstubborness.

.' 'D .2'_-J-' '_ ;-"- An inmate, priorto January,1970, observeddefen-dantsphysicallyabuse anotherinmate; whenthis incidentwas reported,the inmatewas told'thatif hereleased suchinformation publiclyagain defendantswould sethim uptobekilledin prison;the sameinmate wasvisitedbydefen-

_ dantsshortly afterthe deathof JohnV. Mills;he wastoldthatifhehad informationfavorable forthe plaintiffs,hewould nothave totestify toit, andhe wastoldthat itwouldbeonlycontempt ofcourt ifhe refusedto testify;theplainand clearmeaningoftheconversation wasthesuggestion thatthe inmaterefrainfromofferingtruthfultestimony ifcalledasa witness forthe plaintiffs;shortlyafter theconversation Justreferred to,false informationwas circulatedin theprison thatthe inmatewas goingtotestifyforthe prosectuion againstthe plaintiffsin anobvious effortbydefendantsto causeharm tothe inmatewithin theprison. '

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Attached heretoand madeaparthereof areletterssent topotential witness-inmatesin anattempt toofferlegal protectionto saidinmates; someof thereplies tosuch lettersare: '

I haveatentativerelease dateofDecember7, 1970.As ofDecember 7,I willbe starting

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my life again from scratch. It means thatif I work like a dog for afew years, I might

- --have awardrobe, transportation, and a placeto stay If you subpoena me, not only will

-I probably losemy Job,but in my opinioncertainly won't be at all conducive to my

-parole... when I am released,I will have

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$68.00 they give meand adesire to stay out.

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It isn'tin my nature to be nice to someonetrying to get me killed. You people talkingabout protection, whom do you think you could

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There are many other inmates who were present at

the Soledad Training Facility who possess information help-

ful and necessary to the defense of the plaintiffs. The

acts and conduct of the defendants have so intimidated them

that they fear for theirlives or for theirchances

parole if they give testimony for the plaintiffs at

trial of the cause referred to herein.., 'll l

In aneffort to obtain truthful testimony

plaintiffs, and to afford some protection to inmate

counsel for plaintiffs appealed to the State Ear of

attached hereto and made a part hereof are Exhibits

which represent the correspondence referred to; the

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Bar of California indicated its refusal to assist in the

protection of witnesses in any wayas appearsmore particu-

larly from said Exhibits.

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Because ofthe acts and conductof defendants as

above described, testimony on behalf of plaintiffs may be

or is forever lost;testimony which maybe available is

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of-parole, and possibly murder bydefendants, and those A

' _acting in concert with themto deprive plaintiffs of the .

rights herein referred to and involved. A

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Plaintiffs have noother adequate remedy.

_rA_ _Attached hereto andmadeapart hereofarethe ,

'Affidavits of Fay Stender, Jennie Rhine, Anthony Reyes, .

Clarence Morgan, Hugo Pinell, GaryFrancisco, James Tsouras,

and Charles P. Bryant.

WHEREFORE,plaintiffs ask: '

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-That defendants EvelleYounger, William Curtis,

their agents, servants and employees beenjoined during the1

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pendancy of this cause and uponfinal Judgment hereof, from

' proceedingin any manner whatsoeveragainst plaintiffs-George L. Jackson,Fleeta Drumgo,and JohnW.C1thett_

for the death of John V. Mills; or, in the alternative,

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". . That during the pendancy of thiscause and upon

final Judgment hereof, defendants, their agents, servants

and employees,be enjoined from harassing, intimidating,

threatening, orcoercing in any manner whatsoever,especially

-physically abusing or causing to be physically abused, im-

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refusing to hold openand fair parole hearing,and refusingto grant parole, to any personwhatsoever whodoesor who

defendants, their agents, servants, oremployees believe do

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possess any knowledge whatsoever of facts and circumstances

surrounding the death of John V. Mills; and

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1. -That defendant Adult Authority forthwith hold a'

parole hearing for any inmate deniedahearing subsequent

to January l6, 1970, and for any inmate denied parole subse-

quent to January 15, 1970; and that atsuch hearing such '

inmate be afforded the right to counsel, appointed or pri-

_vately retained;and thatthis Courtappoint anappropriatenumberofofficial observers to appear at suth parole hearings

as are heldto observe and to report to the Court, so asto

insure that no inmate isdenied parole because of any testi-

mony he has offered or which he mayofferfor the plaintiffs,

and to insure that no inmate be deniedparole directly or

indirectly because of any unwillingness or inability to offer

testimony against the plaintiffs; and

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' That all inmates of any California prison facility

who door who may haveknowledge orinformation concerning

the death of John V. Millsbe placed forthwith in the custody

of the United States Marshall or the Attorney General ofthe

United 4-: - 1- ~- , :1; :

States of America, to be placed in an appropriate and conve-

nient Federal institution until after such time as such

inmates have testified in the cause pending against plaintiffs,

-or until aJudicial determination hasbeen madethat such

inmate need not testify inany cause relating to the death

of John V. Mills; and '

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- 'That this Court appoint appropriate agents in

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sufficient numbers to be assigned toeach andevery

California prison facility at whichthere is any inmate who

does or who may have knowledge of the facts and circum-

stances of the death_of JohnV. Mills; andthat suchagents

of the Court be directed specifically to insure and protect

that the aforementionedrelief is carried out by defendants,

their agents, servantsor employees;and'

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I.H - That acopy of this Orderbegiven to_eachand

every resident ofY wing onJanuary16, 1970, and served

throughthe paroleagentof thoseonparole,andevery inmate

of a California prison facility who does or who may have

knowledge of the facts and circumstances surrounding the

death of John V. Mills; and *

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That an Order to Show Cause be issued directed to

each of the defendants, their agents, servants, or employees,

to show cause on the day of, 1971, at', before this Court, if they have any why the

reliefabove should not be granted during the pendency of

this cause.'

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That this Court grant such other and further relief

as1: may deem to be fair and Just. A

DATED: January, 1971. _

~ Respectfully submitted,

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~Attorneys for Plaintiff

GeorgeL. Jackson .ue

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_YLOYD SILLIMAN.' 130W. Gabilan

.Salinas, California' ROB! 424-0061

_ 'Attorney for Plaintiff. _- Jqhn W, Clutchette

RICHARD M. SILVERP. O. Drawer 3996Carmel, CaliforniaH08! 62h-1202 p '_

Attorney for PlaintiffFleeta Drumgo..

Roasaw REGLi ,2905 Telegraph Avenue

Berkeley. Ca1ifornia9475ih15! 845-4123Of Counsel .

- ROBERT BARTELS2025 California Avenue

~Mountain View, California

_15! 96-7157Of Counsel

SHELDON OTIS

'28lh KelseyBerkeley, Celifornia 9470515! 5q3_20

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for anotherinmateorguard tokillrme;

ANTHONYREYES,being first duly sworn,deposesandsays;

_'ThatIamaninmatepresentlyconfinedatSanQuentinStatePrison;thatI wastransferred toSanQuentin in September,

I969fromSoledadCorrectionalTrainingFacility;'

Thatinearly1969atSoledadIobservedCaptainMoodyhwatchtwocorrectionalofficersbeatahandcuffedprisonerforapproximatelytenminutesbeforetellingthemtostopin Xwing";

* That in August,1969,I sentan unauthorizedletter

fromSoledadwhichwasinterceptedbytheofficials. Captain

JMoodycametoseeme,cussed meout, andsaidthatIhadmadehim.

Afsetmeup.Inprisonjargon,thismeansthathewouldarrangelookbad." Hethenstatedthat if it happenedagain,hewould

F . Thatin theearlypartof October,l97O,I wasvisited

byCaptainMoodyandDistrictAttorneyRoderiguezatSanQuentin;rtheyaskedmesomequestionsaboutthedaythataprisonguardwas

killedat Soledad;theyaskedmewhetherornotIwouldtestifyforthedefense,andwhenIrepliedthatIguessIwouldhavetoif Iassubpoenaedbythedefense, DistrictAttorneyRodriquezsaid,

FWell,it'sonlycontemptof courtif youdon'ttestify,whynotjusaytohell witha subpoena.Withinaboutthreedaysafter thativisit somethingstrangestartedtohappenatSan.Quentin.Inotic|thatalotof blackinmateshadgottenwordthatIwasgoingtortestifyfortheprosecution,andIwasinformedthattheclaimofytestifyinghadbeenrelatedtotheinmatesbyacustodian;it

I:ascleartomefromwhatwashappeningthattheauthoritiesweretryingtogetmekilled;laterinthemonthinOctober,CaptainA A

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FAY STENDER,being first duly sworn, deposes and says:

' I amone of the attorneys of record for George L.

Jackson,adefendantin thecaseof' 'v etalCalifornia . Jackson .

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no inmate could besingled out by the prison authorities, norstatement be re-

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vealed to the authorities bythe order in which thedefenseterviewed theinmates, theprison authoritiesrequired each

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the defense,and whetheror not he wisheda mber ofthe prison

staff present. Fully ninety percent of the

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state onthe formthat theywishedtotalk to the defense' rvattorneys! However,upon insistingupon theright COinte iew

all ofthe inmates, allbuttwo inmates ofsomefortyinterviewed,'.

have givenaffiant statementscontaining relevantand materialinformation. Manyinmatesstatedto affiant that they were

afraid for their parole chances andsome statedthey feared

their lives, ifthey even signedthe formsdistributed by

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prison authorities.Ahighproportionof the tenpercentoftheinmates whostated theydid wishtoseethe defense attorneysi

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have beenmaintained inmaximum securitystatus fromJanuary l6

to the present time, many withouteither disciplinary charges or

any chargepreferredbythe district attorney. One suchinmate,

withsuch an excellentprison recordthat theAdult Authorityrecently gavehimaparole dateofDecember7, l970,remains inmaximum securitystatus, although no disciplinary orother

charges havebeenbrought against him.Several inmateshave toldmethat theyhavebeen explicitly told that theywill not leave

the institution alive.

Affiant recently received aletter from aChicano

inmate stating: -'

Iwas in Y wing in Soledad whenOfficer Mills diedand I know somethings you must knowthat will helpJackson andthe others....0ne ofthe reasons whyIdidn't comeforward soonerwasbecauseI was scaredwhat the officials here might do to me. But I havebeenmistreated enough andin my opinion they found

' outI knew,somethingso they are shipping me out 'and someother things also preventedme fromgettingup thenervetowrite to you. This is the third

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letter I have written but the othertwo I chiekenedout. There is guys here who wants to help but likeme they are scared but they so muchwants to help.I of course have to sneak this letter out of prisonhere at Solead for you to get it so I would appre-ciate it if you don't mentionit unless necessary."

The.letters of some of the most frightened of these

inmates will beavailable to the Court, or, excerpts, with the

names deletedtherefrom,billbe madeavailable to theAttorneyGeneral, uponthe hearingof the motions herein.'_

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