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Donald Thigpen

Race:Black
Era:1970s
State:Alabama
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Biography

Alabama prisoner who faced a March 10, 1978 execution date alongside Johnny Imani Harris; at Harris's request the same defense lawyers took his case. The Black Panther Vol. 18 no.6 (1978). [Source: The Black Panther (Black Panther Party newspaper), v18 no.6; digitized at marxists.org — https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/index.htm]

Case

Charges: Capital murder (death row)
Sentence: Death; faced a March 10, 1978 execution date alongside Johnny Imani Harris. At Harris's request the same defense lawyers took his case.
Convicted: On death row