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San Quentin Six
American inmates who tried to escape in 1971
San Quentin Six
The San Quentin Six were six inmates—Fleeta Drumgo, David Johnson, Hugo Pinell, Johnny Spain, Willie Tate, and Luis Talamantez—at California's San Quentin State Prison who were charged with criminal actions related to an August 21, 1971, escape attempt and prison riot. The riot resulted in six deaths and at least two people seriously wounded. Among those killed was George Jackson, a co-founder of the Black Guerrilla Family and a famous author and radical prisoner. During the attempted escape, which sparked a prison riot on the cellblock, Jackson had possession of a .38 caliber pistol, allegedly smuggled into San Quentin by his attorney Stephen Bingham. Immediately after the incident, Bingham fled the country for 13 years. He returned in 1984 to stand trial, and in 1986 he was acquitted. Bingham's defense team posited the theory that it was prison officials who arranged for Jackson to obtain a gun in the hope that he would be killed in the ensuing melee. Besides Jackson, those killed in...
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