Word: missouri
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Although it is generally considered part of the Midwest. Missouri is actually a southern state. Admitted as a slave state, it was the home of Dred Scott--whether Dred wanted it to be or not. Although it did not officially secede from the Union during the Civil War, more than 30,000 Missourians fought for the Confederacy, as did organized bands of rural guerillas; its governor established a pro-Confederate government in exile; and martial law had to be imposed to keep the state under Union control. As recently as ten years ago, many of the smaller towns and parts...
Before Hakim had been released on parole, many people including his prison social case worker had advised him to leave Missouri. "They all said that I should get out of Missouri because my ambition superseded what normally a parolee will be expected to look for or look forward...
...Hakim saw it, his parole experience had more than confirmed their predictions: so he decided to leave Missouri. Malcolm X had told him that he might find things better in Boston; so Hakim worked his way here, and joined the Malcolm X Foundation, a community organization that shared his desire to implement the social thought of Malcolm...
...been much speculation about why the Governor signed the papers. His offical answer, given at an airport press conference after he had been besieged by a large group of Hakim's supporters, was that the severity of the charges against Albert Bradford--rape is a capital crime in Missouri--dictated that he allow the matter to be settled in court. However, other factors may well have played a part in the decision. The Governor seems to be assuming that Hakim can get a fairer trial in Missouri on a capital offense than Willie Ford could have received in Alabama...
What influence, if any, these factors had on the Governor's decision is difficult, if not impossible, to determine. What is clear is that unless the Governor changes his mind--he can stop the extradition at any time--Hakim will be returned to Missouri. If he is, he will go back to jail, perhaps for the rest of his life: because even if he were to clear himself of the rape charge, the violation of his parole will send him back to the joint...