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Samuel Harris

Era:1970s
State:Florida
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The newsletter identifies this person in actual Florida State Prison custody and alleges a beating in spring 1975. Its date is explicitly uncertain, given as April or March 31, and is not converted into an exact date. The account concerns prison conditions and does not establish the underlying conviction, first admission, final release or completed duration. Black Community News Letter, volume13, July1975, Awakening of a Dragon, original PDF page 6. Source: https://www.freedomarchives.org/Documents/Finder/DOC32_scans/32.BlackComNewsletter.AwakeningofaDragon.pdf#page=6

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Charges: Underlying conviction unstated; reported prison-abuse account
Sentence: The newsletter identifies this person in actual Florida State Prison custody and alleges a beating in spring 1975. Its date is explicitly uncertain, given as April or March 31, and is not converted into an exact date. The account concerns prison conditions and does not establish the underlying conviction, first admission, final release or completed duration. Black Community News Letter, volume13, July1975, Awakening of a Dragon, original PDF page 6. Source: https://www.freedomarchives.org/Documents/Finder/DOC32_scans/32.BlackComNewsletter.AwakeningofaDragon.pdf#page=6