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| Slain San Quentin 6 member was a target |
| By marinij.com- Don Thompson |
| Published: 08/14/2015 |
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SACRAMENTO — Hugo Pinell, a notorious killer with ties to the 1960s and 1970s black revolutionary movement, survived 45 years as the longest-serving inmate in California’s prison isolation units, partly for his own protection. Just days after he was moved into the general prison population, fellow inmates fatally stabbed him in an exercise yard. Pinell became infamous for his role as one of the San Quentin 6, where he helped slit the throat of San Quentin prison guards during a failed 1971 escape attempt that killed six. The 71-year-old, known as “Yogi Bear,” was killed Wednesday by two other inmates in an exercise yard at the New Folsom Prison near Sacramento, prison officials said. His family may consider a wrongful death lawsuit arguing that prison officials should have known Pinell would immediately be marked for death once he was moved to the general population prison housing unit days ago, his attorney said Thursday. “He has been a target from just about every group in prison because of his notoriety and what he did years ago,” said Keith Wattley, his Oakland-based attorney. “This was foreseeable, which is what makes it so much worse and why the family is looking for answers as to why prison officials let this happen.” Read More. |
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