Mark Rudd

Released
Full name:Mark William Rudd
Date of birth:02. 06. 1947
Age:79
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1970s
State:New York
Support
Socialism Anti-Imperialism Students for a Democratic Society Weather Underground
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Biography

Chairman of the Columbia University chapter of Students for a Democratic Society who led the 1968 occupation of Columbia. He helped found the Weather Underground in 1969 and went underground after the March 1970 Greenwich Village townhouse explosion. He surfaced in 1977 and pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges, receiving a fine and probation; he later taught math at a community college in New Mexico.

Cases

Charges: Federal Anti-Riot Act conspiracy (Days of Rage); state criminal trespass (Columbia).
Arrested: Sep 13, 1977
Sentenced: Sep 13, 1977
Incarcerated: Sep 13, 1977
Released: Sep 13, 1977
Sentence: Federal charges dropped; 2 years probation, $2,000 fine on remaining state count.
Convicted: Misdemeanor (federal dropped)
New York Supreme Court
Charges: Criminal trespass and related misdemeanors (Columbia occupation and surrender)
Released: Sep 14, 1977
Sentence: $2,000 fine, 2 years probation
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: New York

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