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Christin Schmidt

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1980s
State:Rhode Island
Support
Anti-War Anti-Nuclear Plowshares Movement
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Biography

Christin Schmidt was a university student and peace worker from Rhode Island at the time of Pershing Plowshares. The group's banner at the action read "Violence Ends Where Love Begins."

Case

Charges: Conspiracy; depredation of government property (Pershing Plowshares action, Martin Marietta plant, Orlando)
Arrested: Apr 21, 1984
Incarcerated: Apr 21, 1984
Sentence: Three years federal prison plus a five-year suspended sentence with probation; $2,900 restitution.
Convicted: Yes