Biography
Ricardo DeLeon was a Tombs prisoner and elected inmate representative prosecuted over the October 1970 Manhattan jail rebellion. Contemporary accounts identify prolonged actual confinement and describe the case as retaliation against prisoner organizing. He was one of the Tombs Three acquitted on all rebellion charges in 1972. Original custody admission and actual release dates remain unknown.
The paper reports acquittal of the Tombs Three on charges arising from the 1970 jail rebellion. They were already inmates; acquittal on the rebellion charges is not treated as an executed release from their underlying confinement. Liberated Guardian, vol.III no.8, February 1973 (masthead copyright1972 does not match January1973 events), original PDF page 13. Source: https://freedomarchives.org/Documents/Finder/DOC510_scans/Attica/510.liberated.guardian.February1973.pdf#page=13
Right On! names the seven elected Tombs prisoner representatives in a 72-count indictment placed against them on January 25, 1971, over the October 22, 1970 rebellion: fifty kidnapping, fourteen unlawful-imprisonment, five coercion and one each reckless-endangerment, riot and interference-with-government-administration counts. Its expression “dropped ... on” describes bringing the indictment, not dismissing it. The publication alleges retaliation for prisoners’ organizing and legal education. No physical release date or final disposition follows from this report. Source: Right On!, April 3, 1971, PDF page 17. https://freedomarchives.org/Documents/Finder/DOC513_scans/BPP_Intercommunal/513.Black%20Panther%20%28New%29%20Intercommunal%20News%20Service.The_Black_Panther_1971.pdf#page=17
Ricardo DeLeon was a Tombs prisoner and elected inmate representative prosecuted over the October 1970 Manhattan jail rebellion. Contemporary accounts identify prolonged actual confinement and describe the case as retaliation against prisoner organizing. He was one of the Tombs Three acquitted on all rebellion charges in 1972. Original custody admission and actual release dates remain unknown.
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The October 4, 1969 newspaper identifies DeLeon with Alfred Cain and Jerome West among three Brooklyn Panthers arrested August 16 after leaving the West Side Highway and still jailed on $50,000 bail each. It describes robbery-conspiracy and weapons allegations, followed by a September 9 conspiracy-to-murder indictment. This underlying 1969 detention is distinct from the later charges arising from the October 1970 Tombs rebellion. No final release date is provided.
