Decades of separation

Pamela Griffin by Los Angeles Harbor while her husband, Robert, was at the federal prison on Terminal Island across the water. He was held there during a federal racketeering trial against the Aryan Brotherhood. He was among the defendants.

Pamela Griffin by Los Angeles Harbor while her husband, Robert, was at the federal prison on Terminal Island across the water. He was held there during a federal racketeering trial against the Aryan Brotherhood. He was among the defendants. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

Sept. 16, 2014 10:32 AM PT

Pat reading letters

Pam Griffin reads a letter from her husband, Robert, in her dining room in Omaha. (Annie Wells / Los Angeles Times)

Letter

One of the letters that Robert Griffin wrote to Pam in their decades-long correspondence (Annie Wells / Los Angeles Times)

Note

A card from Pamela Griffin to her husband, Richard, at Pelican Bay State Prison in Northern California (Annie Wells / Los Angeles Times)

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