Ruth Carter

Released
Gender:Female
Race:Black
Era:1980s
State:New York
Support
Black Liberation Anti-Imperialism New York 8+ Black Liberation Movement
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Biography

Black liberation activist charged as a New York 8+ defendant in the October 17-18, 1984 federal RICO indictment alleging a conspiracy to free Sundiata Acoli, commit armed bank expropriations, and bomb federal buildings. Arrested in a predawn FBI/NYPD Joint Terrorism Task Force raid and held without bail in federal custody before being released pending trial in early 1985. Trial began May 13, 1985 before Judge Kevin Thomas Duffy in the Southern District of New York; the August 1985 jury acquitted her of all RICO and conspiracy counts.

Case

Metropolitan Correctional Center
Charges: RICO conspiracy; conspiracy to commit armed bank robberies, bombings, and prison escape
Arrested: Oct 17, 1984
Incarcerated: Oct 17, 1984
Sentence: Verdict as recorded: Acquitted of all RICO / conspiracy counts (Aug 1985)
Judge: Kevin Thomas Duffy
Convicted: No — acquitted
Institution State: New York

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