Bill Ayers

AKA: William Charles Ayers
Released
Full name:William Charles Ayers
Date of birth:26. 12. 1944
Age:81
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1970s
State:Illinois
Support
Socialism Anti-Imperialism Students for a Democratic Society Weather Underground
Bill Ayers

Biography

Founder and central organizer of the Weather Underground Organization who went underground in 1970 after the Greenwich Village townhouse explosion killed three comrades. He remained a fugitive until 1980, when he and Bernardine Dohrn surfaced; federal charges against him had been dismissed in 1973 because of unconstitutional FBI surveillance. He later became a Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Cases

Charges: Federal Anti-Riot Act / conspiracy (Days of Rage indictment).
Arrested: Dec 2, 1980
Incarcerated: Dec 2, 1980
Released: Dec 2, 1980
Sentence: All federal charges dropped due to FBI illegal surveillance.
Convicted: No — charges dismissed
Federal court — Eastern District of Michigan
Charges: Federal conspiracy; bombing-related charges
Sentence: Verdict as recorded: No — charges dismissed 1973 for illegal government surveillance
Convicted: No — charges dismissed
Institution State: Michigan

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