In 1973, Eugene Allen and Shujaa (Ernest) Graham were framed in the murder of a prison guard at the Deuel Vocational Institute, Stockton, California. As recognized leaders within the prison, the community became involved in their defense, and supported them through 4 trials. Shujaa and his co-defendant, Eugene Allen, were sent to San Quentin's death row in 1976, after a second trial in San Francisco. The DA systematically excluded all African American jurors, and in 1979, the California Supreme Court overturned the death conviction. After spending three years on death row, Shujaa and Eugene Allen, continued to fight for their innocence. A third trial ended in a hung jury, and after a fourth trial, they were found innocent.