Biography
James Simmons, also called Jimi, was George Simmons’s Muckleshoot brother and a Washington State Penitentiary prisoner. The contemporary report alleges racist retaliation and religious restrictions during segregation.
The November 13, 1981 Revolutionary Worker lists James Simmons, identified as a traditional Native American facing the death penalty at Walla Walla, among endorsers of the Mass Proletarian War Crimes Tribunal of U.S. Imperialism. The endorsement supplies political activity and contemporary identification; it does not establish a new custody admission or release. Source: https://bannedthought.net/USA/RCP/RW/1981/RW130-English-OCR-sm.pdf#page=14
James Simmons, also called Jimi, was George Simmons’s Muckleshoot brother and a Washington State Penitentiary prisoner. The contemporary report alleges racist retaliation and religious restrictions during segregation. Existing imprisonment and segregation reported; initial conviction, sentence and final release unknown.
The February 1981 report describes an upcoming trial, not a conviction. It reports that he attended George’s funeral under guard and returned to prison segregation.
