Facts: - conviction: bank robbery , kidnapping oklahoma - death place: san quentin state prison , san quentin , california - conviction status: deceased - image name: samshock.jpg - conviction penalty: life -lrb- 1947 -rrb- imprisonment -lrb- may 1938 -rrb- ; death sentence - death date: 3 december 1948 - image caption: sam shockley mugshot - alias: sam shockley - birth date: 12 january 1909 - name: richard samuel shockley jr. . - image size: 100px - parents: richard '' dick '' shockley , anna bearden - birth place: arkansas city , arkansas , u.s. Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of sam shockley .
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richard samuel '' sam '' shockley jr. -lrb- january 12 , 1909 -- december 3 , 1948 -rrb- was an inmate at alcatraz prison who participated in the battle of alcatraz in 1946 .shockley was the son of richard '' dick '' shockley and anna bearden .he was born in arkansas city , arkansas .shockley was arrested for bank robbery and kidnapping in oklahoma and sentenced to life imprisonment in may 1938 .examined by prison psychiatrists , shockley was found to have an unstable character , he was found to have a low iq of 54 , and was prone to violent rages .he was transferred to alcatraz from leavenworth as it was felt the strict routine there would better manage him but even here was felt to be uncontrollable and spent much of his time in the prison 's isolation unit , d-wing .in may 1941 he attempted escape from one of the island 's workshops along with joe cretzer , arnold kyle and lloyd barkdoll .during the escape attempt the men held a number of guards hostage , but gave up when they failed to cut through the tool-proof bars .on may 2 , 1946 , after inmates bernard coy , joseph cretzer , and marvin hubbard took guard cecil corwin by surprise , they asked shockley which cell rufus franklin was in .this enabled coy to release franklin but he was supposed to be in a cell on the third tier but shockley had informed them that he was moved into a cell that was on the first floor , which were electronically operated .coy was aware of the red light that lit up in the gun gallery but they were unaware of a similar light that was in the armory .if the guard in the gun gallery did n't alert the other guards in the armory then it was an alert that there was a problem .the escape attempt failed due to the jamming of the recreation yard door and turned into an armed confrontation which lasted two days .this was the bloodiest escape attempt witnessed on the island .two prison guards , bill miller and harold stites , and three inmates , coy , cretzer and hubbard , were all shot dead .shockley , along with miran...