Factual Timeline Based on Evidence Presented at Trial
CHRONOLOGY BASED ON TESTIMONY AND EXHIBITSSunday, April 11, 19933:00 p.m. As prisoners returned from the yard at the end of recreation period,disturbance began in L-block.4:45 p.m. Prisoners released...
View ArticleRE-EXAMINING THE LUCASVILLE UPRISING: Essay 1
The first in a new series of essays by Staughton Lynd, leading up to the 20th Aniversary Conference of the Lucasville Uprising in April of 2013. Reviewing this background page and this timeline might...
View ArticleRE-EXAMINING THE LUCASVILLE UPRISING: Essay 2
The second essay in Staughton Lynd's new series, leading up to the 20th Aniversary Conference of the Lucasville Uprising in April of 2013. Reviewing this background page and this timeline might help...
View ArticleRE-EXAMINING LUCASVILLE: Essay 3
The third essay in Staughton Lynd's new series, leading up to the 20th Aniversary Conference of the Lucasville Uprising in April of 2013. Reviewing this background page and this timeline might help...
View ArticleUpdate on Bomani's Appeal Case
Judges recently issued a filing deadline of Oct 1st for briefs in his appeal case. This deadline may be delayed. Bomani is facing the death penalty, his appeals are further along than any other death...
View ArticleRequest to Construct a Maximum Security unit at SOCF
Letter written by Warden Arthur Tate requesting to expand SOCF's supermax cells. Mentioned in Staughton Lynd's second Re-Examining Lucasville Essay as evidence that Tate would benefit from causing a...
View ArticleKite from Hasan
This kite was written by Siddique Abdullah Hasan and received by Warden Arthur Tate just a few days before the riot. It was mentioned in Staughton Lynd's second Re-Examining Lucasville essay.
View ArticleRecent Radio Interviews
Siddique Abdullah Hasan recently did a couple of interviews on the radio with Bob Fitrakis.Fight Back! 06/27/12andWVKO 7/14/12
View ArticleRe-Examining Lucasville: Essay 4
The fourth essay in Staughton Lynd's new series, leading up to the 20th Aniversary Conference of the Lucasville Uprising in April of 2013. Reviewing this background page and this timeline might help...
View Article21 Point Agreement
This document, signed by Arthur Tate, is the 21 point agreement that ended the uprising in a peaceful surrender. The State of Ohio almost immediately violated essential points of the agreement, when...
View ArticleConvict Unity and Full Contact Visits
Written by Ben Turk of RedBird Prison Abolition, during the first week of full contact visits, Sept, 2012.Earlier this week my friend Bomani Shakur hugged his cousin for the first time in almost twenty...
View ArticleRE-EXAMINING LUCASVILLE : ESSAY 5
The fifth essay in Staughton Lynd's new series, leading up to the 20th Aniversary Conference of the Lucasville Uprising in April of 2013. Reviewing this background page and this timeline might help...
View ArticleThe Unreliability of Prisoner Informant Testimony
A presentation given by Alice Lynd for a panel on wrongful convictions at the Cleveland Marshall School of Law on October 22. The Unreliability of Prisoner Informant Testimonyby Alice Lynd[1]Opening...
View ArticleSolitary Confinement Testimonials...
Jason Robb asked me to re-post some testimonials on solitary confinement that have made it into the news recently. Jason, Namir, Bomani, Hasan, and Greg Curry have all been in solitary confinement for...
View ArticleRe-Examining Lucasville: Essay 6
The sixth essay in Staughton Lynd's new series, leading up to the 20th Aniversary Conference of the Lucasville Uprising in April of 2013. Reviewing this background page and this timeline might help...
View ArticleLynds' Statement to Senate Judiciary Committee on Solitary at OSP
Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights,and Human Rights on Solitary Confinement in U.S. PrisonsJuly 19, 2012Statement by Alice and Staughton Lynd“[W]e are...
View ArticleBomani Appeal Schedule
Bomani Shakur is expected to have a court date in Cincinnati next spring. These will be oral arguments for the appeal of his death penalty case. Bomani will not be allowed in the court room, but we...
View ArticleRE-EXAMINING THE LUCASVILLE UPRISING: Essay 7
The sixth essay in Staughton Lynd's new series, leading up to the 20th Aniversary Conference of the Lucasville Uprising in April of 2013. Reviewing this background page and this timeline might help...
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