Oscar Jordan

Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1970s
State:Delaware
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Biography

One of the 'Smyrna 7' brothers at the Delaware Correctional Center who, per the defense committee in The Black Panther Vol. 15 no.29 (1976), were forced to plead guilty to escape charges amid what it called racist and inhumane treatment. [Source: The Black Panther (Black Panther Party newspaper), v15 no.29; digitized at marxists.org — https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/index.htm]

Case

Delaware Correctional Center
Charges: Escape
Incarcerated: 1976
Sentence: Pleaded guilty to escape charges. Verdict as recorded: Yes — the defense committee says the 'Smyrna 7' were forced to plead guilty to escape charges amid racist and inhumane treatment
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Delaware

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