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Eugene Allen

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1970s
State:California
Time Imprisoned:
7 Years 3 Months 2 Days
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Eugene Allen

Biography

One of the 'San Quentin Two,' convicted with Eugene 'Ernest' Graham of killing a guard at the Deuel Vocational Institution in 1973 and sentenced to death. Their defense campaign argued the men were targeted because of their organizing inside California prisons. 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