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Richard O'Neal

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:2000s
State:California
Time Imprisoned:
7 Months 6 Days
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San Francisco 8
Richard O'Neal

Biography

O’Neal was a former Black Panther connected to Bay Area political organizing who became entangled in the revived 1971 homicide case decades after the original investigation.

He was arrested in 2007 on suspicion of conspiracy linked to the reopened case, though authorities did not allege he was an active participant in the 1971 killing itself. As the prosecution narrowed its theory and dismissed parts of the indictment, he was removed from the case in 2008.

Case

San Francisco County Jail
Charges: Conspiracy to murder police officers
Arrested: Jan 23, 2007
Incarcerated: Jan 23, 2007
Released: Aug 29, 2007
Sentence: Arrested and jailed January 23, 2007 in the San Francisco 8 prosecution. Released on bail 2007-08-29, as reported by Kiilu Nyasha in September 2007. This interval records the 2007 pretrial detention only.
Institution State: California