Caliph Washington at the Jefferson County courthouse in Bessemer, Alabama, after being released on bond from the county jail.

His attorney, Orzell Billingsley, is reaching out to shake his hand. Washington was charged with killing a Lipscomb police officer in 1957. By 1970, he had been tried and convicted twice, but both decisions were overturned. Though tried and found guilty a third time in April 1970, he was finally rel...

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Main Author: Paravicini, Haywood
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/108622

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