Black Panthers - Kamau Sidiki (aka Freddie Hilton)
Affiliation: BPP, BPA
Conviction: In 2003 of armed robbery and malice murder of an Atlanta police officer, James Green in 1971
Sentence: Life plus 10 years in prison
Case controversy: No physical evidence tied Sidiki to the crime. >> Sidiki was arrested in New York City on weapons charge 31 years after Green was murdered. >> Supporters say the case was reopened in 1999 after Sidiki refused to cooperate with government attempts to recapture Assata Shakur. >> In appealing his case, Sidiki argued that the prosecution excluded testimony from the wife of a man who admitted that he and another man killed Green.
Time incarcerated:12 years. -
Conviction: In 2003 of armed robbery and malice murder of an Atlanta police officer, James Green in 1971
Sentence: Life plus 10 years in prison
Case controversy: No physical evidence tied Sidiki to the crime. >> Sidiki was arrested in New York City on weapons charge 31 years after Green was murdered. >> Supporters say the case was reopened in 1999 after Sidiki refused to cooperate with government attempts to recapture Assata Shakur. >> In appealing his case, Sidiki argued that the prosecution excluded testimony from the wife of a man who admitted that he and another man killed Green.
Time incarcerated:12 years. -
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