Zebra grand jury indicts four men

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Film Date
5/16/74
Film Reference Number
KPIX 117624
Description
KPIX-TV news footage from May 16, 1974 with reporter Al Dale featuring scenes from San Francisco City Hall, where a grand jury has just presented its findings to presiding Judge Clayton W. Horn in the Zebra Murders case. These crimes, which took place in San Francisco during 1973/4, came to be known as the Zebra murders after the special police radio band assigned to the investigation. The grand jury indicted four men on murder and conspiracy charges: J.C Simon; Manuel Moore; Larry Green and Jessie Lee Cooks. Includes a press conference with Assistant District Attorney Walter Giubbini (1917-2010), who explains the maximum sentence in this case would be life imprisonment. There are also views of the grand jury walking around. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.

This 16mm color reversal film print was scanned in 4K (4096 x 2970) using a Lasergraphics ScanStation film scanner, in April 2024.
Format
16mm newsfilm