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James Kilgore is in custody of the state of California since last
<br>
year after serving 2 years in federal prison. He’s incarcerated
at <br>
Susanville, is in good health, reading, writing, teaching English
and <br>
yoga. His release date is June 2009.<br><br>
He will be 60 YEARS OLD on July 30 and would love to receive cards
<br>
and letters.<br><br>
His address is:<br><br>
James Kilgore<br>
V-15088<br>
CSP High Desert<br>
A-1-121<br>
P.O. Box 3030<br>
Susanville, CA 96127-3030<br>
USA<br><br>
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Kilgore vows: I will be back<br>
</font><font size=3 color="#FF0000">06/12/2002</font><font size=3>
12:08 - (SA) <br><br>
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</a>Cape Town - Former Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) member James
Kilgore on Friday formally consented to his extradition to face criminal
charges in the United States. <br><br>
However, he also said through his lawyer that he intended to return to
South Africa to continue "building a democratic society" when
he has served his sentence. <br><br>
Wynberg magistrate Maria van Eeden issued an order under the Extradition
Act that he be held in custody pending a decision by Justice Minister
Penuell Maduna on his surrender to United States authorities. <br><br>
Kilgore waived his right to appeal against the committal order. <br><br>
At the same time, the State announced it was dropping South African
immigration charges against him - charges which Kilgore's advocate, Anton
Katz, said had been "merely a ruse to keep my client in
custody". <br><br>
Katz asked Van Eeden to include in the report she must now make to Maduna
that there were no charges against Kilgore in South Africa. <br><br>
<b>He has an empty diary now</b> <br><br>
He also handed in a draft of a surrender order that he said Maduna
"may appropriately make". <br><br>
Katz said Kilgore wanted this order made as soon as possible "early
next week if possible, but, if not, as soon as possible thereafter".
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Given an opportunity after the hearing to speak to the score or so of
supporters who had filled the public benches, a relaxed-looking Kilgore
thanked them for coming. <br><br>
"I'll be in touch," he joked. "I'm easy to contact. My
diary is empty." <br><br>
Kilgore's attorney, Michael Evans, said the extradition now all hinged on
Maduna. <br><br>
Kilgore was arrested on November 8 at his home in Cape Town, where he
worked as an academic under the alias Charles Pape. <br><br>
He is wanted on three matters in the United States. These include a
federal passport-related charge, a federal charge of possession of an
unlawful explosive device, and California state charges of murder and use
of an unlicensed weapon in the commission of that murder. <br><br>
Kilgore has a wife and children in Cape Town, and was a respected
researcher at the University of Cape Town's International Labour Resource
and Information Group. <br><br>
About 27 years ago, he was a member of the radical SLA, an organisation
best remembered for its kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst.
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Four other SLA members recently pleaded guilty in a California court, and
are to be sentenced in February. <br><br>
They were charged with the shotgun killing of Myrna Opsahl, a 42-year-old
woman gunned down in the hold-up of a Crocker National Bank branch in
Carmichael, just north of Sacramento, in 1975. <br><br>
Kilgore is being held in Goodwood Prison. <br><br>
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