Stephen Bingham | |
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Born | Stephen Mitchell Bingham April 23, 1942 |
Nationality | American |
Citizenship | United States |
Education | J.D., 1969, University of California at Berkeley; Yale University |
Occupation | Attorney (retired) |
Known for | Fugitive from justice (1971-1984) following an escape attempt at San Quentin State Prison by his client, George Jackson |
Spouses | Gretchen Spreckels
(m. 1965; div. 1969)Françoise Blusseau (m. 1984) |
Children | 1 |
Parent(s) | Alfred Mitchell Bingham Sylvia Doughty Knox Bingham |
Stephen Mitchell Bingham (born April 23, 1942) is an inactive American legal services and civil rights attorney who was tried and acquitted in 1986 for his alleged role in Black Panther George Jackson's attempted escape fifteen years earlier from San Quentin State Prison in Marin County, California, in 1971.[1]