Sterling Hobbs Fatir

Full name:Sterling Fatir
Race:Black
Era:1970s
State:Delaware
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Biography

One of the 'Smyrna 7' 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 after being denied the right to present their defense. [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
Sentence: One of the 'Smyrna 7'; per the defense committee, forced to plead guilty to escape charges after being denied the right to present a defense. Verdict as recorded: Yes — pleaded guilty (defense committee says under duress)
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Delaware

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