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Earl Brown

Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1970s
State:Massachusetts
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Biography

Black University of Massachusetts football player convicted in the same 1974 Amherst robbery frame-up as Craemen Gethers; The Black Panther Vol. 15 no.25 (1976) reports a community defense movement won him a reduced 3-5 year sentence with work-release. [Source: The Black Panther (Black Panther Party newspaper), v15 no.25; digitized at marxists.org — https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/index.htm]

Case

Charges: Robbery
Sentence: Community defense movement won a reduced 3-5 year sentence with work-release; described as a frame-up (same case as Craemen Gethers) Verdict as recorded: Yes — convicted in the 1974 Amherst robbery case
Convicted: Yes