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...have seen another New Haven Panther, Lonnie McLucas, receive what seemed to be a fair trial, at least by the standards of normal criminal justice. McLucas was convicted on the charge of conspiracy to commit murder and sentenced to 15 years-largely on the testimony of George Sams, Loretta Luckas, and Warren Kimbro, other Panthers who had been indicted in the crime and then turned state's evidence...
...black schoolteacher. The staff wanted someone like Matt Robinson, one of the show's producers, so Matt auditioned and won the part. He toned down his network accent, came on strong as the father figure many kids miss. So strong, in fact, that it emphasized the sweetness of Loretta Long, who plays his wife. She has been compared to a candy cordial, chocolate outside, syrup within. The rest of the cast is white: Bob McGrath, a singer with irrepressibly high spirits and voice; and Will Lee, an actor whose years on the McCarthy era blacklist made him perhaps more aware...
...Plea bargaining" is probably a foreign term. This is how it works Loretta Luckes, Warren Kimbro, and George Sams agreed to plead guilty to the charges against them and to testify for the State. In return they received the State's assurance that their parole will not be opposed. Even with life sentences, they could possibly be released in eight years...
...Haven radical community says that all the Panthers, who have endured a great deal of harassment while in jail for over a year, wereoffered the same deal Loretta Luckes, Warren Kimbro, and George Sams took...
...Loretta Luckes is a young woman who had been a Panther for only a short time when Alex Rackley was murdered. Her unfamiliarity with the Panthers and the New Haven community probably influenced her action. Nevertheless, her testimony contained nothing particularly damaging to Lonnie McLucas, and no information about involvement on Bobby Seale's part. Warren Kimbro and George Sams had the most to lose by standing trial, since Sams had ordered the murder and Kimbro had fired the fatal shot...