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Bill Ayers

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Full name:William Charles Ayers
Date of birth:26. 12. 1944
Age:81
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1970s
State:Illinois
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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
Federal court — Eastern District of Michigan
Charges: Federal conspiracy; bombing-related charges
Convicted: No
Institution State: Michigan