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Dear Editor:
1 OY.
4-10, 1981· of the
Citizea I enjoyed the
entire paper, he, I
moti ted to 'te this
tter by an article writ­
ten by '. Sariah Prin
Yah- . I pray that you
will publish this tter in
your next' e, and that
co rned re den respond
immediately. I only ha
three ee left before I
ppear in court.
In April 1971, 1 than
a month after my 17th
birthday, I ed in
Buchanan,., en
to the Berrien County Jail.
I received 3� to 20
thlntentto
Be· Armed.
t to S.P.s
to ne the tence.
In April 1973 1 eICIlDeQ
from 10 Dormatory_. In
Oct. 1974 I
d placed a d
armed
edif
to
fight it in court. I
I ted to fight it in
court and 'ped a form
for a lawyer to be ppointed
to my
On Jan. 1975, I
to d that 1 being trans­
ferred to Illinoi to stand
trial for armed robbery.
I ne a lawyer or
Judge, therefore, I refused
to go. I then forced
in chain d carried out
to the car, d t to
Illinoi .
Once in IDino' I
told that 1 had been tried
d comicted, and
tenced to rve 1()"30 yean
in the IllinoiJ Department
of Correeti I didn't
be . tIUs I dJdn't
. they could try ,
d me to
me being
or three
nt
I�
leo
� a ninety-nine cent
t but I hale paid
--, ..... prices at,o
I do not feel a penon
or
of that might be
able to aid me, but to no
avail.
In Sep . 1975, I escaped
from prison in ID. In Aug.
1976 I arrested in
California. In Oct. 1976
I returned to pri
in ID., d p ced in the
leo A eek ter I u
to the Cook County
Court Building to d
trial on the armed robbery
they originally brought me
from . . to try me 00.
I then placed in
County Jail, Cook County
Jail. I immediately
placed in the hold a
'ty . .
ould be put throu&h this
d of t. It
will
ot
be the
Theater in St.
If yone
to SO to a mcme, I IUIIlest
you - not SO there tth
children 0 you will
surely be ed to lea",.
C . Da'
•
ep
After three mon I
returned to the hold. I
con tty being
harasIed by the officers.
After bout 0 years of
this I plead aui1tv to th
charge, d sentenced
to IeIYe 10 to 30 yean
to go al g ·th th ten to
thirty I received in
I p d guilty
in July
I
I ent
told the Jud about it,
but nothing do. reJDUIM�
After I came . from located.
court I beaten 10 bad
I bad to be ho italized
for three months. I receiftd
daily . °ta from police
oflicen telliq t
I had aitin& for me if I
didn't P ad JUilty to the
dwJe they for.
a
time they gave a para
to detainer. I refused it,
d recei d a year t.
The cond time they
me the para
to de ° r. This °
m. flied extradition pape
to ha m returned to their
State.
In July of
ent before Ju
oble, ° the J
Co ty Buildin, for
�ti h�g. On
July 28th Judp obI
entered order W°ilmlllsilll
the extradition