The San Francisco 8 were eight former Black Panthers who were arrested in January 2007 for their alleged involvement in the 1971 murder of Sgt.
Torres fingerprints were alleged to have been found on a lighter at the scene of the crime.The prosecution failed to produce this evidence in court.
On June 29, 2009, Bell pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the death of Young.
The following month, charges were dropped against Boudreaux, Brown, Jones, and Taylor.
[4] After spending over a year in the San Francisco jail at 850 Bryant Muntaquim pleaded no contest to conspiracy to commit voluntary manslaughter.