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Ernest Graham

AKA: Shujaa Graham
Released
Full name:Eugene Graham
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1970s
State:California
Time Imprisoned:
7 Years 3 Months 2 Days
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Ernest Graham

Biography

One of the 'San Quentin Two,' convicted along with Eugene Allen of killing a guard at the Deuel Vocational Institution in 1973 and sentenced to death. Defense effort framed the case as a frame-up of Black activist prisoners. Listed as a North American political prisoner in PFOC Breakthrough magazine. Documented in PFOC Breakthrough magazine.

Case

San Quentin State Prison
Charges: Murder of a prison guard at Deuel Vocational Institution
Arrested: Jan 1, 1973
Incarcerated: Nov 27, 1973
Released: March 1981
Institution State: California