# Chol Soo Lee

Overturned · 1973

Chol Soo Lee (August 15, 1952 – December 2, 2014) was a Korean American immigrant who was wrongfully convicted for the 1973 murder of Yip Yee Tak, a San Francisco Chinatown gang leader, and sentenced to life in prison. While in prison, he was sentenced to death for the killing of another prisoner, Aryan Brotherhood member Morrison Needham, though Chol Soo claimed self-defense. Chol Soo served ten years of his…

Original record: https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=14825262
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/chol-soo-lee-w14825262

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