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William Ortiz

AKA: Toriano
Gender:Male
Race:Hispanic
Era:1970s
State:New York
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Biography

One of the 'Attica Brothers' whose kidnapping and unlawful-imprisonment charges from the 1971 rebellion were dismissed as prosecutors conceded insufficient evidence; The Black Panther Vol. 14 no.12 (1975). [Source: The Black Panther (Black Panther Party newspaper), v14 no.12; digitized at marxists.org — https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/index.htm]

Case

Charges: Kidnapping; unlawful imprisonment
Incarcerated: 1971
Sentence: One of the 'Attica Brothers'; kidnapping and unlawful-imprisonment charges from the 1971 Attica rebellion were dismissed as prosecutors conceded insufficient evidence. Verdict as recorded: No — charges dismissed for insufficient evidence
Convicted: No — charges dismissed