Chol Soo Lee, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetChol Soo Lee
Korean American immigrant wrongfully convicted for the 1973 killing of Yip Yee Tak, released in 1983 after nearly 10 years in prison
Date of Birth: 15-Aug-1952
Place of Birth: Seoul, South Korea
Date of Death: 03-Dec-2014
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Chol Soo Lee
- Chol Soo Lee 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, Morrison Needham, though Chol Soo claimed self-defense.
- Chol Soo served ten years of his sentence for the killing of Yip Yee Tak of which he was later acquitted, eight of those on death row.
- Investigative reporting by K.
- W.
- Lee sparked the formation of the Free Chol Soo Lee Defense Committee, which spurred a national pan-Asian movement.
- Chol Soo finally won his freedom in 1983 through the help of the Free Chol Soo Lee Defense Committee.
Read more at Wikipedia