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Ralph Cooper

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1950s
State:New Jersey
Time Imprisoned:
5 Years 10 Months 9 Days
Support
Communism Trenton Six
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Biography

Trenton Six defendant. Pleaded guilty at retrial — life imprisonment; paroled 1954.

Case

New Jersey State Prison, Trenton
Charges: New Jersey state murder.
Arrested: Feb 10, 1948
Sentenced: Aug 5, 1948
Incarcerated: Aug 5, 1948
Released: Jun 14, 1954
Sentence: Death; pleaded guilty at retrial — life imprisonment; paroled 1954 Verdict as recorded: Yes — guilty plea on retrial
Prosecutor: Mario Volpe
Judge: Hon. Charles P. Hutchinson
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: New Jersey