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Wayne Reed

Era:1970s
State:Ohio
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Biography

The Cincinnati report describes Wayne Reed and Russell Bell being pursued after a July 1978 King Quick parking-lot confrontation in which Officer Burdsall died, followed by murder convictions and death sentences. The newspaper alleges racist prosecution and frames the confrontation as self-defense. It establishes actual prosecution and imprisonment but gives no exact arrest or conviction date or complete custody duration. Revolutionary Worker, vol. 1 no. 3, May 18, 1979, original PDF page 9. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/periodicals/revolutionary-worker/rw-1-3.pdf#page=9

Case

Charges: Murder of Officer Burdsall following the July 1978 Cincinnati confrontation
Sentence: The Cincinnati report describes Wayne Reed and Russell Bell being pursued after a July 1978 King Quick parking-lot confrontation in which Officer Burdsall died, followed by murder convictions and death sentences. The newspaper alleges racist prosecution and frames the confrontation as self-defense. It establishes actual prosecution and imprisonment but gives no exact arrest or conviction date or complete custody duration. Revolutionary Worker, vol. 1 no. 3, May 18, 1979, original PDF page 9. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/periodicals/revolutionary-worker/rw-1-3.pdf#page=9