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...stunning accusation threw salt on newly reopened wounds. Scarcely had a Buffalo jury convicted two inmates of involvement in the fatal beating of Prison Guard William Quinn during the 1971 uprising at Attica (TIME, April 14) than the news broke that a former chief aide to Attica Special Prosecutor Anthony G. Simonetti had charged that there had been a cover-up in the investigation of the revolt. Malcolm H. Bell accused his old boss of deliberately impeding the inquiry into possible criminal acts by law enforcement officers...
Hill and Pernasilice had been accused of murdering Prison Guard William Quinn, who died of injuries suffered in a beating that occurred during the worst prison uprising in the nation's history. At the time, Hill was in Attica for attempted assault, and Pernasilice was serving a sentence for possession of a stolen motorcycle. Quinn was one of 43 men (eleven guards and 32 convicts) who died as a result of the four-day riot in September 1971-most of them shot by state police when they stormed the maximum-security prison in upstate New York behind a fusillade...
...time the trial of Hill and Pernasilice opened, Attica had become remote, if not forgotten. Few thought about this first major Attica trial, the other trials to follow and the added indictments that might yet be brought. Said Kunstler, whose defense of Indian Activist Russell Means last year and the Chicago Seven in 1970 drew greater attention: "The case is too old. Attica is a painful subject, and most people want to stay away." Yet Showman Kunstler could not resist the temptation to flay witnesses and have a go at State Supreme Court Justice Gilbert H. King, who presided firmly...
...judge dismissed the murder charge against Pernasilice, but let stand a second for attempted murder. This did not satisfy Clark. The former U.S. Attorney General declared in his summation: "There is no believable evidence to find Charley Joe Pernasilice guilty of any offense other than being an inmate of Attica on September...
...verdict leaves the sorrowful saga of Attica far from finished. Not one guard faces trial. Of the 62 inmates indicted, 38 still face prosecution, including Hill for another offense. Charges against 13 more have been dropped, six pleaded guilty to lesser charges, and one inmate was acquitted. For three of those originally charged, there will be no day in court. They have since died...