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John McClellan

AKA: John McClelland
Released
Era:1970s
State:Ohio
Support
Black Panther Party
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Biography

John McClellan was a Toledo Panther/NCCF member jailed in the William Miscannon killing prosecution. Two trials ended without unanimous verdicts.

Case

Charges: Capital murder prosecution in the death of Toledo police officer William Miscannon, as described in the University of Toledo Law Transcript, Fall2024, PDFp.21.
Arrested: Sep 18, 1970
Sentence: Held in Lucas County; final disposition and release date unverified. A University of Toledo retrospective reports that the first trial included five months of testimony and nine days of jury deliberation, ending in a hung jury; a second trial also ended in a hung jury. It identifies defense counsel Robert (Bobby) Kaplan, Richard Walinski and Milton Henry. Those trial periods are not a verified custody total. Source: https://www.utoledo.edu/law/alumni/transcript/col-transcript-fall-2024.pdf#page=21 and PDFp.22.