James McCoy

Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1970s
State:North Carolina
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Wilmington Ten
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Biography

One of the Wilmington Ten, convicted on trumped-up firebombing/conspiracy charges from the 1971 Wilmington, NC unrest. The Black Panther Vol. 18 no.2 (1978). Convictions overturned 1980; group pardoned 2012. [Source: The Black Panther (Black Panther Party newspaper), v18 no.2; digitized at marxists.org — https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/index.htm]

Case

Charges: Firebombing and conspiracy (Wilmington Ten)
Sentence: One of the Wilmington Ten, convicted on trumped-up firebombing/conspiracy charges from the 1971 Wilmington unrest; convictions overturned in 1980, the group pardoned in 2012. Verdict as recorded: Yes — convictions overturned 1980; group pardoned 2012
Convicted: Yes

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