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    Korean immigrant guilty of fellow inmate’s murder

    This March 13, 1979, article in the Sacramento Union documents Chol Soo Lee’s “guilty” verdict in the prison-yard murder case.

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    Jeff Adachi at Free Chol Soo Lee Rally

    Members of the Free Chol Soo Lee movement, including University of California, Berkeley, student activist Jeff Adachi (far right), protest outside San Quentin State Prison, where Chol Soo Lee was on death row.

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    Supporter outside the courtroom

    Supporters of Chol Soo Lee wait to enter the courtroom in San Francisco, 1982.

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    Chol Soo Lee approached by media after his release

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    Chol Soo Lee release party

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    Chol Soo Lee support group, ca. 1980

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    Group photo at the temple

    Chol Soo Lee poses with supporters in Hawai‘i, 1983.

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    Free Chol Soo Lee shirt

    Chol Soo Lee brandishes a T-shirt made as part of the campaign to free him from prison, at a 1986 party with some of the activists in Los Angeles, California.

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    Chol Soo Lee burned in a fire

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    Chol Soo Lee speaks at UC Davis

    In this video clip, Chol Soo Lee speaks passionately about his post-release struggle and urges the community to help support other formerly incarcerated Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

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