In its June 22, 1997 edition, the Marin Independent Journal, a San Rafael, California daily newspaper, published an article by Nels Johnson, which reviewed in summary form escapes and attempted escapes from San Quentin Prison over the years. In one of the two cases mentioned below by Mr. Johnson, Mr. Carrow represented Luis N. Talamantez, one of the San Quentin Six. In the other case, he acted as counsel for Ruchel Magee, who was charged with killing Judge Harold Haley. Part of the article relevant to the matter here under discussion follows:

"A bloody chain of events that would end at San Quentin 20 months later started on January 14, 1970, when three convicts were shot to death by a guard at Soledad Prison. Three days later, guard John Mills was hurled to his death from a prison tier.

Prison revolutionary George Jackson, then serving his ninth year for a $70 burglary, and two others were charged with murder. They became known as the Soledad Brothers.

On August 7, 1970, Johathan Jackson burst into a Marin County courtroom in a bid to free inmates on trial there and take hostages he hoped to exchange for his brother George, who had been moved to San Quentin.

Killed in the shootout that followed were Superior Court Judge Harold Haley, Jonathan Jackson and two inmates.

The events that began at Soledad and ricocheted through the Marin Hall of Justice were capped on August 21, 1971, in a day of bloodshed San Quentin will never forget.

That was the day authorities say Jackson pulled a two-pound, 9 mm semiautomatic pistol from under an Afro wig, slammed in a clip of bullets and ordered stunned guards to open cells holding the prison's most dangerous criminals.

Jackson acted after a guard spotted something shiny in his hair.

'OK, you have me,' Jackson said. He then stepped back and ripped off the wig, loading the gun with one clip as another fell to the floor. 'Freeze, gentlemen, this is it! The dragon has come!' prosecutors would later quote Jackson as saying.

'We got to do it now or never,' Jackson shouted at other inmates.

Minutes after 26 convicts, some armed with razors wedged in toothbrush handles, darted from their cells, three guards and three prisoners, including Jackson, were dead.

The bodies of guards Jere Graham, 39, Frank DeLeon 44, and Paul Krasnes, 52, were found stacked in Jackson's cell. Inmate trustees John Lynn, 29, and Ronald Kane, 28, also were dead. Their throats had been slashed. Some had been shot pointblank and stabbed.

Guard Kenneth McCray was alive at the bottom of the pile. Guards Charles Breckenridge and Urbano Rubiaco were slashed, but survived.

McCray was ordered to the floor were he was bound. His throat was slit and he was tossed into Jackson's cell.

McCray heard another guard pray: 'May the Lord have mercy on my soul.' Another grasped, 'Good god, no, I have five children.' Both were murdered.

Jackson was gunned down by a guard as he bolted from the prison. 'It's me they want!' Jackson yelled as he dashed out into the chapel plaza to his death.

In the marathon, 16-month San Quentin Six trial that followed, three inmates were convicted of various crimes associated with the carnage. Three were acquitted.

Prosecutors asserted Stephen Bingham, a civil rights lawyer, entered the prison that day carrying a tape recorder in which the gun was hidden. . ..

Bingham was acquitted by a Marin Superior Court jury on June 27, 1986."

NOTE: Upon completion of what was then the longest trial in the history of the State of California, Mr. Talamantez was found not guilty on all charges. The jury could not reach a decision with respect to the charges against Mr. Magee, thus resulting in a declaration of mistrial.