Earl King

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1930s
State:California
Time Imprisoned:
5 Years 3 Months 1 Day
Support
Labor Organizing
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Biography

Earl King was a Marine Firemen's union official convicted of conspiracy in the 1936-37 Point Lobos case over a ship's engineer's death, in what supporters called a frame-up to break maritime unionism. He was sentenced to five-years-to-life and paroled after years in prison.

Case

San Quentin State Prison
Charges: Conspiracy in the Point Lobos engineer's death.
Arrested: Aug 27, 1936
Incarcerated: Aug 27, 1936
Released: Nov 28, 1941
Sentence: Five years to life; paroled. Verdict as recorded: Convicted of conspiracy (a labor frame-up); 5-years-to-life. Charges as recorded: Conspiracy in the Point Lobos engineer's death — a labor frame-up to break maritime unionism.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: California

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