Topic: Gregory Powell
0 . The California parole board on Tuesday denied compassionate release for the man convicted of killing a Los Angeles police officer during a...
Powell and Jimmy Smith were convicted of kidnapping Ian Campbell and Karl Hittinger on March 6, 1963 after the two policemen stopped them for a routine traffic violation. Powell grabbed Campbell and his gun and forced Hettinger to give up his gun ...
Onion Field killer Gregory Powell denied parole 47 years after crimeA convicted killer was denied parole Wednesday 47 years after he and a partner kidnapped two Los Angeles police officers and shot one to death in a case made famous by the ...
Jimmy Lee Smith, who was once sentenced to death for the murder of Los Angeles police officer Ian Campbell in the famous "Onion Field" case, died in jail at age 76 after another parole violation sent him behind bars again. Smith and ...