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Jalil Abdul Muntaqim is one of the longest held political prisoners in the world and a victim of COINTELPRO. When he was arrested, he was awaiting to become father. Now he is great-grandfather. Produced and edited by Eve Goldberg and Claude Marks in November 2002, based on an interview done in August 2000 by John O’Reilly and Nina Dibner. © www.freedomarchives.org (00:19:17) Political prisoner Jalil Muntaqim is talking about the civil rights movement, his case, and the U.S. penal system. History and Case Background On May 21, 1971, two New York City police officers were fatally shot. This shooting occurred within the context of twoRead More →

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Größere Kartenansicht click to enlarge (A) 3250 Bundy Street/ Crime scene of April 29, 1998/ Robert Mason’s residence (B) Corner Russell Street/ Gilmore Street (Rob Mason ran into police) 3221 Fulton Street/ Anthony Thomas’ residence 1717 Genesee Street/ Crime scene of March 25, 1998/ Play Style Studio 726 North 12th Street/ Thomas Wicker’s residence Introduction On April 29, 1998, Robert James Mason’s (formerly known as Robert Hendricks) residence on 3250 Bundy Street in Saginaw (Michigan) was broken into. The perpetrator(s) seem(s) to have been searching for something in particular. Everything was ransacked. Much was destroyed. The culprits even took out the ceiling tile, but theyRead More →

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Introduction I am Ronnie Lee Bowling on Kentucky death row. I was twenty (20) years old at the time of my arrest on this case, which was Saturday, February 25, 1989 around 6:30 a.m. Central Time Zone. I have been in ever since. I did not have a criminal record, no juvenile record, no domestic disturbance record, no arrests except for one sole charge of public drunkenness that came the night before my wedding from my bachelor party. Here is how I got here: I just turned 20 years old at the time of my arrest. I came from a good home, raised up inRead More →

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Introduction In 1991, I, Jesse Jerome Dean, Jr., a citizen and resident of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, volunteered to become a confidential informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration in Nassau, Bahamas. I was a Senior Radar Controller at the Nassau International Airport. I was instrumental in the seizures of several large shipments of drugs, for which I was paid by the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration). I soon became acquainted with the owners and operators of a seafood company in South Florida, two brothers, one of whom was a drug-trafficker. As a confidential informant, I sought to but was never able to cause a seizureRead More →