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and choice,and nobodysuggested, threatenedor implied whichway heshould signthe form.He statedthatatno time didhe feel his answer on the form would bring about reprisalfrom theprison officials if he should utdown a choiceunfavorable totheprison.that he knowsa lot of other inmates chec o f on this form thatthey did not wantto be interviewed. Heknows ofno instancewhereaninmate gave this answer becausehewas afraid ofthe prison official.
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advised that heis embarrasseddueto thefact he hasno personalknowledgeof the contextof the complaint,but is not ashamedthat his nameis apart of thecomplaint. Headvisedthat he wasto havereceived acopyof the complaint from- butfailedtopickthisup atherofficelastweek.
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Black citizenof theUnited Statesof Americawho isand for
the pastten yearshas beenconfined inprison bytheState
of California for aterm of one year to life.
-~" ' . 11 .Plaintiff, Fleets Drumgo, isa23_yearold Black
citizen of,th United Statesof Americawhoisand whohas
been confinedin prison by theState ofCalifornia to serve
aterm of six months tofifteen years. ". 2 M,.- -
Plaintiff; Johnw,Clutchette is a27 yea:-old' _,_,__-as -
Black citizenof theUnited Statesof Americawhoisand who
has beenconfined inprison bytheStateof California toserveatermof sixmonths tofifteen years. -'; 6--
Defendant, EvelleYounger isthe AttorneyGeneral
of theState ofCalifornia, andheisthe successor inoffice
to theAttorney Generalof theState.of Californiaduring
some ofthe timesthe actscomplained ofherein werecommittethe AttorneyGeneral ofthe Stateof Californiais the chieflaw enforcementofficer of theStatewhose duties include
investigation andprosecution ofcrimes committedwithin theState;itis his dutyunder theConstitution ofthe UnitedStates ofAmerica, nottoconvict, but to see thatJusticeisdone. ' -
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Defendant, HenryW. Kerr,is Chairmanof theAdultAuthority fortheStateof California; hisduties includebut arenot limited to the holding ofhearings fortheparole ofpersons committedto prisonby andin theState
of California, inorder to determinewhether suchpersonsshall beadmitted toparole fromtheir sentencesto prison.
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-. Defendant,RaymondK. Procunier,is the Director
of theCaliforniaDepartmentof Corrections;hisduties
includebutarenotlimitedto thecontrol,custody,and
I3 maintenanceofprisoninmatesandfacilitiesforandini theState of California. * -
"1t~Defendant,WilliamCurtis, is the District
Attorneyfor the Countyof Monterey,State of
his dutiesincludebutare notlimitedto the
' California;' investigation
andprosecutionof crimecommittedwithintheCountyof-
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-Atall timesmentionedhereintheactsandconductof defendantscomplainedof wereandare beingcommitted by
defendants,their agents,servants,or employeeswiththe
expressor impliedknowledgeor consentofdefendants;andat all timesmentionedhereintheactsof defendants,theiragents,servantsoremployeeswerecommittedwhileacting
undercolorofState Law.Hereinafter,theterm"defendants"
shall-beusedto meanthedefendants,theiragents,servants,
or employees.-
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Plaintiffs are eachchargedin asingle State
CourtIndictment,thesamebeingCR-ZRQS,originatingin the
-SuperiorCourtfortheCountyofMonterey,StateofCaliforniandnhichis nowpendingasaresultof.anordergranting
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CityandCountyof SanFrancisco,Stateof California.
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. 'It is chargedin said Indictment that plaintiff
George L.Jackson, onJanuary 16,1970 didviolate SectionN500 ofthe PenalCode ofthe Stateof California by commit-
ting, while serving alife sentencein a state prison,an~assault uponone JohnVLMills,and_that as aresult of said
assault, JohnV. Mills died; it ischarged in said Indictment
that plaintiff Fleeta Drumgoand plaintiffJohn W.1t3on January16, 1970did violate Section U501of the Penal. '
Code ofthe State of California by committin, while confined
in aCalifornia State correctional facility, an assault upononeJohnV. Millsby means offorce likely to producebodily
injury; itis furthercharged insaid Indictmentthat plain-tiffs did violate Section 187 of the PenalCode ofthe State
of California, by murderingone JohnV. Mi1ls_cnJanuary 16,1910. '_,
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Atrial date has not been set on the charges
contained in the abovedescribed Indictment,butit is likely
that the setting of a trial date is imminent; plaintiffs and
their_attorneys insaid StateCourtproceedings have been_
and theyare, within the confinesof the constitutional
deprivations describedbelow, investigatingand tryingtoprepare forthe trial of the charges pendingagainst theplaintiffs. 9 92 -'' .
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For a long time prior to January 16, 1970,
defendants, theirpredecessors inoffice, haveengaged ina
course orconduct separatelyand together,which wasand
which isintentionally anddeliberately calculatedto denyto personsincarcerated rprison facilitiesof the State
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of California rights guaranteedto suchpersons bythe ,
Constitution ofthe UnitedStates ofAmerica; thehistoryof themost shocking,horrendous, andflagrant constitutional
1 violations aswell asthe ignoring ofand disregardfor human . rights anddecency bythePiFa?- in .5. ;inc,:_;L,
has requiredFederal Courtintervention inthe past,has' requiredlegislative investigations,and hasearned fortheState ofCalifornia areputation ofthe Lostscandalousnature inthe fieldof penalcorrection; thediscriminatory,oppressive, andunconstitutional patternof tonductby thepersons referredto withinthis paragraphcontinuesupto
, the present time,and unlessthe reliefasked forherein is1 _ ._ granted, it shallcontinue intothe future,to theirreparable
harm of plaintiffs.
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Mills, defendantshave engagedand arecontinuing toengage,v-**""'* .in asystematicpattern ofconduct, separatelyand together,
which iscalculated toand whichdoes depriyethe plaintiof rights,privileges andimmunities securedby theConstitu-
tion and lawscf theUnited Statesof America,and inparti'1 cular said conductdeprives plaintiffs,in thecriminal case_,' . |
pending againstthem, ofthe effectiveassistance ofcounsel,the rightto confrontwitnesses againstthem andobtain92> 92 ' witnesses intheir behalf,{air trial, due processof law,_ ''Z_i_I
- equalprotection oflag, andfreedcm frombonds ofslavery;V A _
unlesstherelief requested hereinis granted,plaintiffs
shallirreparably suffer lossand destructionof theserights,1 privileges and immunitiesreferred toherein.
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.The systematic patternof conductcomplained ofherein andcommitted bydefendants, includesbut is not_
1, -limited to the following: '
eFrom the momentJohn V.hillswas found dyingon
January 16,1970, approximately165 inmatesof the California1 Training Facility where Mills workedas aguard andwhere
he redeivedhis injuries; were subjectedto humiliatingand
- badgeringinterrogation withoutthe benefitof advicebycounsel, family,or friends;such conductby defendants
continued for approximatelyone full week, duringwhichtime plaintiffs were placed in isolation and they were
Icharged in the Indictment asis hereinaboveset forth.
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- _Several alleged andprospective witnessesfor theprosecution againstthe plaintiff;havebeen andare recei-ving special and favoredtreatment, andthey havebeen pro-
mised specialari favored treatment bydefendants if they
offer testimony against the plaintiffs at their trial.
, Plaintiffs andtheir counsel havesoughtto
question andinterview personswho wereat theCorrectional"'Training Facilityat Soledadat the time of the deathof
John V. Mills; their efforts were early met by refusals by
defendants toallow themto do so andlater by difficulties
hereinafter described;by transferring prospective witnesses
to facilities scattered throughoutthe State of California,
and bythreats andintimidation ofsuch prospectivewitnesses.
When plaintiffsobtainedacourtorder to interviewsaidinmates, defendantsordered, encouragedor permittedaform"
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"Exhibit A the effect of whichprocedurewasa further
designedintimidation of prospective witnessesfor he_plaintiffs.. i "I '
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" Ninety percent of the inmates to whomthe form
referred to in the preceding paragraph was submitted,
becauseof fear for their personal safety at the handsof _
defendants, andbecauseof fearof the possibility of having
theirparoles denied because of knownand threatened repri-
salsbydefendants,refusedto indicatea willingnessto be
interviewed bycounsel for plaintiffs; counsel for plain-
tiffs, nevertheless,pursued their dutyto interview such'
inmates,andof someR0suchinmatesinterviewed,38gave'
information tocounsel for plaintiffs which is relevant for
plaintiffs defense; during suchinterviews counsel for
plaintiffswere told that inmatesdid not want to sign the
form submitted by prison officials because they were afraid
that ifthey did so, their chances for parole would be ended,
and that they were in fear for their safety and lives; some
of the inmatessointerviewedreportedthat theyhavebeen
kept inmaximum security facilities since the deathof John
V. Mills, without disciplinary chargeshavingbeenbrought
againstthem; several inmateswhopossessinformation which
is relevant and helpful for the
been told by defendants that if
defense of plaintiffs, have
they offer helpful informa-
tion to the plaintiffs ortheir counsel,_they the inmates!
will not leave prison alive; asone inmatewroteto counsel
for oneof the plaintiffs,' '
I was in Y wing in Soledad when officerMills died andI know some things that arehelpful... Oneof the reasonswhyI did
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not come forward sooner was because I' wasscared what the officials here might
.do tome... There is guysherewho wants_to help but like me they are scared.... ,
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OneYwing inmate appearedfor aparole hearing
before the Adult Authority in-July, 1970; hewas askedatthe hearing whether he wasgoingto be awitness for the
plaintiffs, andhe wasquestioned aboutwhat histestimonywould he;when hequestioned the-AdultAuthority aboutthe
relevancy oftheirinquiries to hisrightto parole,hewastold to shutupand to leave the room;his parole was not
granted, andheisnow confined toX wingat the SoledadTraining Facility without privileges becausehemay be a
witness forthe plaintiffs. 'fv
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An inmate who is believed by defendants to be'
giving relevant and helpful information to counsel for
plaintiffs for the defenseof plaintiffs, is namedThomasi:_eneweathe3in July,1970, two-inmateswere calledfromtheir cellsby defendants wherethey wereoffered favored
treatment paroleswithin ayear if the inmates wouldkill
Meneweather. .
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An inmatewho hasknowledge ofsome eventssur-
roundingthe criminal_charges against plaintiffs, was
informed bydefendants thatit wouldbe-wise for him_to
forget whathe knowsabout thoseevents;.he wastransferredto FolsomPrison andit was intimatedtohim that if he did
not forget about thoseevents, hemight bekilled by prison
guards inthe guntowers, allof whomwere givenhis photo-graph; hewas transferredfrom FolsomPriscn onlyafter he
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"obtained intervention by aUnited States Senator; he is still
fearful for his life and he knowsthat other inmates have
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inmatewhowasin the ScledadTraining Facility
the time of the death of John V. Mills,has been confined
in maximumsecurity since danuary 16, l970; since that date
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beentold by
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allegedpalm
has been visited on many occasions by defendants; he had
them that a bloody palm print belonging to him
the site where Mills died; the persons who told
to him know or should know, that in fact the
print does not belong to the inmate; the same
inmate has been told by defendants, that he would be treated
wellif he cooperated with defendants by offering testimony
against plaintiffs; the inmate so feared for his safety that.-
he wroteto a California State Senator for help; an agent
of defendants visited the inmate in response to the letter,
and he informed the inmate that hewould neverbe released
from maximumsecurity unless and until he offered testimony
against plaintiffs; the inmate is in fear for his life,and
in May,1970, he was given contaminated food or poison was
placed in his food; he knows of other inmates who fear for
their lives if theyoffer testimony for plaintiffs or if
- theyfail to
inmate was visited bydefendants;
he was asked
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offer testimony against plaintiffs.
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of John V. Mills, an
hewas.treated nicely and
whetherhe would like to visit his f,ind;1ain
tiff George L. Jackson. when he said that he would, he was
taken for avisit to Jackson. After the visit he was
threatened and intimidated by defendants, at whichtime he'
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was promisedaparoleifhewouldfalsely teskifythatinhis visitwithJackson,Jackson admittedthat heand the_other plaintiffskilled JohnV. the inmate wastold
that ifhe didnot sotestify, theinmate wouldneverbeparoled; whenthe inmaterefused tooffer suchfalsetesti-mony, hewas toldthat hewouldpay for hisstubborness.
.' 'D .2'_-J-' '_ ;-"- An inmate, priorto January,1970, observeddefen-dantsphysicallyabuse anotherinmate; whenthis incidentwas reported,the inmatewas told'thatif hereleased suchinformation publiclyagain defendantswould sethim uptobekilledin prison;the sameinmate wasvisitedbydefen-
_ dantsshortly afterthe deathof JohnV. Mills;he wastoldthatifhehad informationfavorable forthe plaintiffs,hewould nothave totestify toit, andhe wastoldthat itwouldbeonlycontempt ofcourt ifhe refusedto testify;theplainand clearmeaningoftheconversation wasthesuggestion thatthe inmaterefrainfromofferingtruthfultestimony ifcalledasa witness forthe plaintiffs;shortlyafter theconversation Justreferred to,false informationwas circulatedin theprison thatthe inmatewas goingtotestifyforthe prosectuion againstthe plaintiffsin anobvious effortbydefendantsto causeharm tothe inmatewithin theprison. '
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Attached heretoand madeaparthereof areletterssent topotential witness-inmatesin anattempt toofferlegal protectionto saidinmates; someof thereplies tosuch lettersare: '
I haveatentativerelease dateofDecember7, 1970.As ofDecember 7,I willbe starting
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my life again from scratch. It means thatif I work like a dog for afew years, I might
- --have awardrobe, transportation, and a placeto stay If you subpoena me, not only will
-I probably losemy Job,but in my opinioncertainly won't be at all conducive to my
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Please don'tcause me any unnecessaryharassment. - v
It isn'tin my nature to be nice to someonetrying to get me killed. You people talkingabout protection, whom do you think you could
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There are many other inmates who were present at
the Soledad Training Facility who possess information help-
ful and necessary to the defense of the plaintiffs. The
acts and conduct of the defendants have so intimidated them
that they fear for theirlives or for theirchances
parole if they give testimony for the plaintiffs at
trial of the cause referred to herein.., 'll l
In aneffort to obtain truthful testimony
plaintiffs, and to afford some protection to inmate
counsel for plaintiffs appealed to the State Ear of
attached hereto and made a part hereof are Exhibits
which represent the correspondence referred to; the
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Bar of California indicated its refusal to assist in the
protection of witnesses in any wayas appearsmore particu-
larly from said Exhibits.
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Because ofthe acts and conductof defendants as
above described, testimony on behalf of plaintiffs may be
or is forever lost;testimony which maybe available is
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of-parole, and possibly murder bydefendants, and those A
' _acting in concert with themto deprive plaintiffs of the .
rights herein referred to and involved. A
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Plaintiffs have noother adequate remedy.
_rA_ _Attached hereto andmadeapart hereofarethe ,
'Affidavits of Fay Stender, Jennie Rhine, Anthony Reyes, .
Clarence Morgan, Hugo Pinell, GaryFrancisco, James Tsouras,
and Charles P. Bryant.
WHEREFORE,plaintiffs ask: '
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-That defendants EvelleYounger, William Curtis,
their agents, servants and employees beenjoined during the1
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pendancy of this cause and uponfinal Judgment hereof, from
' proceedingin any manner whatsoeveragainst plaintiffs-George L. Jackson,Fleeta Drumgo,and JohnW.C1thett_
for the death of John V. Mills; or, in the alternative,
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". . That during the pendancy of thiscause and upon
final Judgment hereof, defendants, their agents, servants
and employees,be enjoined from harassing, intimidating,
threatening, orcoercing in any manner whatsoever,especially
-physically abusing or causing to be physically abused, im-
92 properlydisciplining or causingto be improperly disciplined,
refusing to hold openand fair parole hearing,and refusingto grant parole, to any personwhatsoever whodoesor who
defendants, their agents, servants, oremployees believe do
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possess any knowledge whatsoever of facts and circumstances
surrounding the death of John V. Mills; and
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1. -That defendant Adult Authority forthwith hold a'
parole hearing for any inmate deniedahearing subsequent
to January l6, 1970, and for any inmate denied parole subse-
quent to January 15, 1970; and that atsuch hearing such '
inmate be afforded the right to counsel, appointed or pri-
_vately retained;and thatthis Courtappoint anappropriatenumberofofficial observers to appear at suth parole hearings
as are heldto observe and to report to the Court, so asto
insure that no inmate isdenied parole because of any testi-
mony he has offered or which he mayofferfor the plaintiffs,
and to insure that no inmate be deniedparole directly or
indirectly because of any unwillingness or inability to offer
testimony against the plaintiffs; and
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' That all inmates of any California prison facility
who door who may haveknowledge orinformation concerning
the death of John V. Millsbe placed forthwith in the custody
of the United States Marshall or the Attorney General ofthe
United 4-: - 1- ~- , :1; :
States of America, to be placed in an appropriate and conve-
nient Federal institution until after such time as such
inmates have testified in the cause pending against plaintiffs,
-or until aJudicial determination hasbeen madethat such
inmate need not testify inany cause relating to the death
of John V. Mills; and '
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- 'That this Court appoint appropriate agents in
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sufficient numbers to be assigned toeach andevery
California prison facility at whichthere is any inmate who
does or who may have knowledge of the facts and circum-
stances of the death_of JohnV. Mills; andthat suchagents
of the Court be directed specifically to insure and protect
that the aforementionedrelief is carried out by defendants,
their agents, servantsor employees;and'
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I.H - That acopy of this Orderbegiven to_eachand
every resident ofY wing onJanuary16, 1970, and served
throughthe paroleagentof thoseonparole,andevery inmate
of a California prison facility who does or who may have
knowledge of the facts and circumstances surrounding the
death of John V. Mills; and *
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That an Order to Show Cause be issued directed to
each of the defendants, their agents, servants, or employees,
to show cause on the day of, 1971, at', before this Court, if they have any why the
reliefabove should not be granted during the pendency of
this cause.'
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That this Court grant such other and further relief
as1: may deem to be fair and Just. A
DATED: January, 1971. _
~ Respectfully submitted,
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Joan THORNE_. 510 N. Third Street
San Jose, CaliforniaH08! 286l2l2
~Attorneys for Plaintiff
GeorgeL. Jackson .ue
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_YLOYD SILLIMAN.' 130W. Gabilan
.Salinas, California' ROB! 424-0061
_ 'Attorney for Plaintiff. _- Jqhn W, Clutchette
RICHARD M. SILVERP. O. Drawer 3996Carmel, CaliforniaH08! 62h-1202 p '_
Attorney for PlaintiffFleeta Drumgo..
Roasaw REGLi ,2905 Telegraph Avenue
Berkeley. Ca1ifornia9475ih15! 845-4123Of Counsel .
- ROBERT BARTELS2025 California Avenue
~Mountain View, California
_15! 96-7157Of Counsel
SHELDON OTIS
'28lh KelseyBerkeley, Celifornia 9470515! 5q3_20
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for anotherinmateorguard tokillrme;
ANTHONYREYES,being first duly sworn,deposesandsays;
_'ThatIamaninmatepresentlyconfinedatSanQuentinStatePrison;thatI wastransferred toSanQuentin in September,
I969fromSoledadCorrectionalTrainingFacility;'
Thatinearly1969atSoledadIobservedCaptainMoodyhwatchtwocorrectionalofficersbeatahandcuffedprisonerforapproximatelytenminutesbeforetellingthemtostopin Xwing";
* That in August,1969,I sentan unauthorizedletter
fromSoledadwhichwasinterceptedbytheofficials. Captain
JMoodycametoseeme,cussed meout, andsaidthatIhadmadehim.
Afsetmeup.Inprisonjargon,thismeansthathewouldarrangelookbad." Hethenstatedthat if it happenedagain,hewould
F . Thatin theearlypartof October,l97O,I wasvisited
byCaptainMoodyandDistrictAttorneyRoderiguezatSanQuentin;rtheyaskedmesomequestionsaboutthedaythataprisonguardwas
killedat Soledad;theyaskedmewhetherornotIwouldtestifyforthedefense,andwhenIrepliedthatIguessIwouldhavetoif Iassubpoenaedbythedefense, DistrictAttorneyRodriquezsaid,
FWell,it'sonlycontemptof courtif youdon'ttestify,whynotjusaytohell witha subpoena.Withinaboutthreedaysafter thativisit somethingstrangestartedtohappenatSan.Quentin.Inotic|thatalotof blackinmateshadgottenwordthatIwasgoingtortestifyfortheprosecution,andIwasinformedthattheclaimofytestifyinghadbeenrelatedtotheinmatesbyacustodian;it
I:ascleartomefromwhatwashappeningthattheauthoritiesweretryingtogetmekilled;laterinthemonthinOctober,CaptainA A
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FAY STENDER,being first duly sworn, deposes and says:
' I amone of the attorneys of record for George L.
Jackson,adefendantin thecaseof' 'v etalCalifornia . Jackson .
In this capacityI havereceivedseveral letters frominmatesof
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no inmate could besingled out by the prison authorities, norstatement be re-
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the importance or relevance ofsaid inmate's
vealed to the authorities bythe order in which thedefenseterviewed theinmates, theprison authoritiesrequired each
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the defense,and whetheror not he wisheda mber ofthe prison
staff present. Fully ninety percent of the
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state onthe formthat theywishedtotalk to the defense' rvattorneys! However,upon insistingupon theright COinte iew
all ofthe inmates, allbuttwo inmates ofsomefortyinterviewed,'.
have givenaffiant statementscontaining relevantand materialinformation. Manyinmatesstatedto affiant that they were
afraid for their parole chances andsome statedthey feared
their lives, ifthey even signedthe formsdistributed by
for
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prison authorities.Ahighproportionof the tenpercentoftheinmates whostated theydid wishtoseethe defense attorneysi
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have beenmaintained inmaximum securitystatus fromJanuary l6
to the present time, many withouteither disciplinary charges or
any chargepreferredbythe district attorney. One suchinmate,
withsuch an excellentprison recordthat theAdult Authorityrecently gavehimaparole dateofDecember7, l970,remains inmaximum securitystatus, although no disciplinary orother
charges havebeenbrought against him.Several inmateshave toldmethat theyhavebeen explicitly told that theywill not leave
the institution alive.
Affiant recently received aletter from aChicano
inmate stating: -'
Iwas in Y wing in Soledad whenOfficer Mills diedand I know somethings you must knowthat will helpJackson andthe others....0ne ofthe reasons whyIdidn't comeforward soonerwasbecauseI was scaredwhat the officials here might do to me. But I havebeenmistreated enough andin my opinion they found
' outI knew,somethingso they are shipping me out 'and someother things also preventedme fromgettingup thenervetowrite to you. This is the third
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letter I have written but the othertwo I chiekenedout. There is guys here who wants to help but likeme they are scared but they so muchwants to help.I of course have to sneak this letter out of prisonhere at Solead for you to get it so I would appre-ciate it if you don't mentionit unless necessary."
The.letters of some of the most frightened of these
inmates will beavailable to the Court, or, excerpts, with the
names deletedtherefrom,billbe madeavailable to theAttorneyGeneral, uponthe hearingof the motions herein.'_
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