Curtis Powell

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1960s
State:New York
Time Imprisoned:
2 Years 1 Month 11 Days
Support
Black Liberation Black Panther Party Panther 21
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Biography

Dr. Curtis Powell was an Oxford-trained biochemist and Black Panther Party member indicted as one of the New York Panther 21. Arrested April 2, 1969 in the predawn NYPD raids, he was held in the Manhattan House of Detention through most of the pretrial period on $100,000 bail. He was one of the 13 defendants who went to trial and was acquitted with the others on May 13, 1971. He returned to scientific research after the trial.

Case

Manhattan House of Detention (the Tombs)
Charges: New York state conspiracy (156 counts) - Panther 21 indictment of April 2, 1969.
Arrested: Apr 1, 1969
Incarcerated: Apr 1, 1969
Released: May 12, 1971
Sentence: ~2 years pretrial detention; acquitted by jury verdict, May 13, 1971. Verdict as recorded: No - acquitted by jury, New York Supreme Court, May 13, 1971 Charges as recorded: New York state conspiracy (156 counts) - Panther 21 indictment of April 2, 1969 for alleged plot to bomb NYPD precincts, the Bronx Botanical Garden, midtown department stores, and a railroad right-of-way.
Convicted: No — acquitted
Institution State: New York

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