Dorie Clay

AKA: Dori Clay; Dorrie Clay
Released
Era:1980s
State:New York
Time Imprisoned:
3 Months 16 Days
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New York 8+ grand jury resisters
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Biography

Dorie Clay, also reported as Dori or Dorrie Clay, was a New York 8+ grand-jury resister and the spouse of defendant Omowale Clay. She was imprisoned for refusing to testify in the investigation and was released after about three and a half months in 1985.

Case

Charges: Civil contempt — refusal to testify before the grand jury investigating the New York 8+
Incarcerated: Mar 11, 1985
Released: Jun 27, 1985
Sentence: Civil confinement for refusing grand-jury testimony; released 1985-06-27. This was coercive civil contempt, not a conviction on the New York 8 defendants' criminal charges.

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