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William Allen

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1980s
Inmate Number:#66843
State:Tennessee
Support
Black Liberation New Afrikan Independence
William Allen

Biography

William Allen, Tennessee prisoner number 66843, was listed by PFOC Breakthrough as a New Afrikan political prisoner. This is an attributed support classification, not a judicial finding about motive. His exact public prisoner number matches the Tennessee official record, which lists parole under active supervision as checked October 12, 2026. His identified official photograph is dated May 30, 2017, not the 1980s. The actual parole-release day remains unknown.

Identified official photo and distinct custody dates

The public number in the original prisoner-support directory, indexed text matches TDOC 00066843 in the authorized Tennessee official locator. The individual record was visibly reviewed October 12, 2026, including its identified photograph and current parole status. The photo was downloaded unaltered using the site's Download Image link and is dated May 30, 2017. It is staged locally; no production upload has occurred. The primary court opinion supplies the historical return-to-custody date. Offense dates, sentence-effective dates and civil appeal dates are not substituted for arrest, admission or release.

Case

Charges: First-degree murder of Metropolitan Nashville police officer Johnson, Davidson County case 86S1256, arising from the January 16, 1968 incident
Sentenced: Apr 7, 1989
Incarcerated: Jul 8, 1986
Sentence: The primary Allen v. Roberts opinion documents return to custody July 8, 1986 after an earlier escape, followed by the separate 1989 murder prosecution. This is not his first lifetime admission and does not independently date arrest. Tennessee's exact-number official record lists sentence imposed April 7, 1989 for case 86S1256. The appellate history describes an original consecutive 78-year sentence; the current administrative record instead displays LIFE with a January 10, 2008 effective date. That later effective date is not an arrest or admission, and the combined December 21, 1968 sentence-begin date is not this 1986 custody return. Current PAROLE status proves neither a particular release day nor discharge from supervision. Release remains unknown; no duration is calculated.