Freddie Meeks

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Charge:	Mutiny
Sentence:	15 years to life imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	1.5
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Year Convicted:	1944
Year Cleared:	1999
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California - Federal Case
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Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted along with 49 other black men of treason for refusing to load munitions after an explosion at the Port Chicago, CA loading facility killed 320 men. Pardoned by President Clinton on Dec. 23, 1999. G. Brian Busey, managing partner at the Washington, D.C., office of the law firm handling Freddie Meeks pardon application, "The charge and the conviction, I'm morally convinced, would never have occurred if those men were white." (The Port Chicago Disaster, 'http://www.cccoe.k12.ca.us/pc/the_pardon.htm)"
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Innocence Proved By:	"Pardoned by U.S. President Clinton on Dec. 23, 1999."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	The Port Chicago Disaster
Information Location 1:	http://www.cccoe.k12.ca.us/pc/the_pardon.htm
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Freddie Meeks

Charge:

Mutiny

Sentence:

15 years to life imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

1.5

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1944

Year Cleared:

1999

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Pardoned by U.S. President Clinton on Dec. 23, 1999."

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Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

The Port Chicago Disaster

Information Location 1:

http://www.cccoe.k12.ca.us/pc/the_pardon.htm

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