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Tue, 03.28.1972

The Soledad Brothers (Prison Inmates) are Acquitted

Jackson, Dumgo, Cluchette (L to R)

*The two surviving Soledad Brothers were acquitted on this date in 1972. An all-white jury cleared Fleeta Dumgo and John Cluchette of murder charges.

They had been charged with killing a white guard at Soledad Prison in 1970. The third Soledad Brother, George Jackson, was killed in the August 1971 alleged escape attempt.

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