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Prisoners' Legal Services of NY Victim of Budget Ax
Loaded on Dec. 15, 1998
by Dan Pens
published in Prison Legal News
December, 1998, page 16
September 13, 1971 Bloody Monday. New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller unleashes a firestorm of bullets and shotgun blasts into Attica's D-Yard. Eight minutes and 3,000 rounds of ammo later, 29 prisoners and 10 hostages lay fatally gunshot in spreading pools of blood. Another 89 are wounded.
Filed under:
Attorney Client,
Public Defenders,
Court Access,
Guard Unions,
State Legislation.
Location:
New York.
May 18, 1998 Bloody …
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