Bruce Seidel

Released
Date of birth:17. 04. 1949
Date of death:23. 01. 1976
Age:26† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1970s
State:Washington
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Biography

Bruce Seidel was a former University of Illinois economics graduate student turned prison-rights activist who helped found the Seattle-based George Jackson Brigade. Shot and killed January 23, 1976 by police during the GJB's failed bank robbery in Tukwila, Washington. Killed before trial.

Case

Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla / U.S. District Court, W.D. Washington
Charges: Armed bank robbery (18 U.S.C. § 2113); conspiracy; bombing-related federal counts (George Jackson Brigade prosecutions, W.D. Wash., 1975–1978)
Arrested: Jan 23, 1976
Sentence: Killed during arrest — never tried.
Institution State: Washington

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