Biography
Black youth sentenced to death at age 16 for rape in Louisiana; The Black Panther Vol. 17 no.14 (1977) reports his death sentence was reduced to 20 years after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the death penalty for rape, with Southern Poverty Law Center attorneys pursuing a new trial. [Source: The Black Panther (Black Panther Party newspaper), v17 no.14; digitized at marxists.org — https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/index.htm]
