Sundiata Acoli | |
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Born | Clark Edward Squire January 14, 1937 |
Education | Prairie View A&M University |
Criminal charges | First-degree murder |
Criminal penalty | Life sentence with possibility of parole after 25 years |
Criminal status | Granted parole on May 10, 2022 |
Sundiata Acoli (born January 14, 1937,[1] as Clark Edward Squire) is an American political activist who was a member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army. He was sentenced to life in prison in 1974 for murdering a New Jersey state trooper.[2] Acoli was granted parole in 2022 at the age of 85.