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Correctional Officer Jerry Sanders | California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, California California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, California

Correctional Officer

Jerry Sanders

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, California

End of Watch: Tuesday, November 27, 1973

Bio & Incident Details

Age: 35

Tour: Not available

Badge # Not available

Cause: Stabbed

Incident Date: 11/27/1973

Weapon: Edged weapon

Suspect: Acquitted

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Correctional Officer Sanders was stabbed and killed while working at the Deuel Vocational Institution.

Two inmates, both members of the radical Black Panthers, were charged with his murder. Their first trial ended with a hung jury. In the second trial both were found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to death. The California Supreme Court overturned their convictions and ordered a third trial which ended with another hung jury. In 1981 their fourth trial resulted in an acquittal for both. One inmate, serving a sentence for armed robbery, was released. The other inmate, serving a life sentence for a previous murder conviction, remained in prison.

The Black Panthers is a racist, radical group that professed the murders of law enforcement officers. Members and former members of the group were responsible for the murders of at least 15 law enforcement officers and the wounding of dozens more across the nation.

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Your heroism and service is honored today, the 37th anniversary of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service. My cherished son Larry Lasater was a fellow police officer murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.

Your sacrifice was made so many years ago. Evil was, is, and will be a part of life just as goodness such as yours will also be present. The cycle of violence directed against correctional officers in the bloody early seventies began with the murder of Officer Mills and you were part of that chain of violence.

Rest In Peace

Phyllis Loya, also former CO at SQ

Phyllis Loya
mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater
October 24, 2010

 

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