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James Sayles

AKA: Yaki Yakubu
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1970s
State:Illinois
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Biography

Chicago man convicted with Henry Dee and sentenced to death (May 1972), then to two consecutive 220-to-440-year terms, in what supporters called a wrongful conviction; The Black Panther Vol. 14 no.2 (1975). Known as Yaki Yakubu, he became a New Afrikan liberation theorist. [Source: The Black Panther (Black Panther Party newspaper), v14 no.2; digitized at marxists.org — https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/index.htm]

Case

Charges: Murder (capital)
Incarcerated: 1972
Sentence: Sentenced to death (May 1972), later to two consecutive 220-to-440-year terms. Verdict as recorded: Yes — convicted with Henry Dee; sentenced to death May 1972, then to two consecutive 220-to-440-year terms; supporters called it a wrongful conviction
Convicted: Yes