Offogga Quddus

AKA: Wayne Maurice James
Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1970s
State:New Jersey
Support
Black Nationalism New Afrikan Independence Republic of New Afrika
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Biography

Born Wayne Maurice James of Camden NJ. RNA citizen present at the Lewis Street raid. Convicted; served prison time.

Obadele reports a Mississippi life sentence and a separate twelve-year federal sentence imposed by Walter L. Nixon Jr. The article supplies no complete actual served interval. The narrative is a participant’s account of the RNA-11 prosecutions, and its political assessments are attributed to its author. Source: https://www.jstor.org/stable/41065737#page=2

Custody research — September 2026

Obadele’s contemporary account dates the raid and arrests to August 18, 1971.

Cases

Mississippi state and federal courts
Charges: Murder; assault; treason
Arrested: Aug 18, 1971
Incarcerated: Aug 18, 1971
Sentence: Life imprisonment imposed by Mississippi; actual release date unresolved.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Mississippi
Security: Medium
Charges: Federal prosecution arising from the August 18, 1971 RNA raid: conspiracy and related federal-officer/firearms counts
Sentenced: 1973
Sentence: Obadele’s1974 account reports an original 12-year federal sentence before Judge Walter L. Nixon Jr. This is distinct from the state detention. The source does not supply complete actual federal custody endpoints or final appellate disposition; an imposed term is not actual time served. Source: https://www.jstor.org/stable/41065737#page=6
Judge: Walter L. Nixon Jr.
Convicted: Yes

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