Stephen Bingham
| Stephen Bingham | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Stephen Mitchell Bingham April 23, 1942 |
| Residence | Marin County, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | J.D., 1969, University of California at Berkeley; Yale University |
| Occupation | Attorney (retired) |
| Known for | Fugitive from justice (1971-1984) following an escape attempt at San Quentin State Prison by his client, George Jackson |
| Spouse(s) |
Gretchen Spreckels (m. 1965) Françoise Blusseau (m. 1984) |
| Children | Sylvia Chantal |
| Parent(s) | Alfred Mitchell Bingham Sylvia Doughty Knox Bingham |
Stephen Mitchell Bingham (born April 23, 1942) is an American legal services and civil rights attorney who was tried and acquitted in 1986 for his alleged role in Black Panther George Jackson's attempted escape fifteen years earlier from San Quentin State Prison in Marin County, California, in 1971.
Stephen Bingham, the son of Alfred Mitchell Bingham and Sylvia Doughty Knox Bingham, was raised in Salem, Connecticut where grew up among the state's wealthy class. His father was an author, attorney, and activist who was elected to the Connecticut State Senate as a New Deal Democrat in 1940 and served one term; he was also the editor and a founder of the left-leaning Common Sense. His grandfather, Hiram Bingham III was a governor and a U.S. Senator from Connecticut as well as the discoverer of the Machu Picchu ruins in Peru.
Bingham graduated from Milton Academy in 1960, where he was captain of the track team. He attended Yale University, where he participated on the freshman track and the varsity cross country teams. Bingham became involved in politics during his sophomore year, and was reportedly influenced by Allard Lowenstein. He was a member of the Yale Young Democrats and the Student Advisor Board, as well as the executive editor of the Yale Daily News. In 1964, he graduated from Yale with honors, and spent two months in Mileston, Mississippi as a volunteer in the Freedom Summer civil rights project.
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