Margo Pelletier

AKA: Margot Pelletier
Released
Date of birth:23. 11. 1951
Date of death:27. 11. 2016
Age:65† Deceased
Era:1980s
State:New York
Support
Madame Binh Graphics Collective Anti-apartheid movement
Margo Pelletier

Biography

Margo Pelletier was an artist and filmmaker imprisoned at Rikers Island following the Kennedy Airport anti-apartheid protest. Her later work included the documentary Freeing Silvia Baraldini.

Case

Charges: Resisting arrest (§205.30) and second-degree riot (§240.05)
Arrested: Sep 26, 1981
Sentenced: Jul 8, 1982
Sentence: Pleaded guilty; sentenced July 8, 1982. Sentence affirmed November 22, 1982. The arts council records Rikers imprisonment in 1982. Exact custody endpoints and individual term remain unresolved.

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