Bruce Seidel

Date of death:23. 01. 1976
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1970s
State:Washington
Time Imprisoned:
1 Day
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Biography

Former University of Illinois economics graduate student turned prison-rights activist who helped found the Seattle-based George Jackson Brigade. Shot and killed January 23, 1976 by police during the GJB's failed bank robbery in Tukwila, Washington. Killed before trial.

Case

Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla / U.S. District Court, W.D. Washington
Charges: Armed bank robbery (18 U.S.C. § 2113); conspiracy; bombing-related federal counts (George Jackson Brigade prosecutions, W.D. Wash., 1975–1978)
Arrested: Jan 22, 1976
Incarcerated: Jan 22, 1976
Released: Jan 23, 1976
Sentence: Killed during arrest — never tried.
Convicted: Killed during arrest
Institution State: Washington

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