Biography
One of the 'Attica Brothers' whose kidnapping/unlawful-imprisonment charges from the 1971 rebellion were dismissed before trial; The Black Panther Vol. 14 no.12 (1975).
The March 1973 Attica News roster prints Ronald Lyons among the uprising prisoner defendants, linked to indictment 8, 12: kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment and coercion; assault, weapon possession and promoting prison contraband. The table lists maximum statutory exposure, not sentences actually imposed or time served; no custody dates or duration are inferred. Source: https://freedomarchives.org/Documents/Finder/DOC510_scans/Attica/510.Prisons.AtticaNewsVol1No1.pdf#page=6
The Black Panther’s December 6, 1975 report individually names Ronald Lyons among four Attica defendants whose kidnapping and unlawful-imprisonment charges had been dismissed during the preceding week. Prosecutors sought dismissal after Raymond Sumter demanded an immediate trial, saying that they no longer had sufficient evidence for conviction.
The Black Panther, December 6, 1975, volume XIV no.12, PDF page 7; The Black Panther, December 6, 1975, volume XIV no.12, PDF page 24.
