Dwight Lawton

Released
Gender:Male
Era:1990s
State:Georgia
Time Imprisoned:
5 Months 26 Days
Support
School of the Americas Watch (SOA Watch) National Farm Worker Ministry
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Biography

Retired business officer, Navy veteran and farmworker-rights advocate. Jailed in 1998 following the School of the Americas protest at Fort Benning.

Case

Charges: Illegal re-entry onto a military reservation after a prior exclusion order
Arrested: Nov 16, 1997
Incarcerated: Mar 23, 1998
Released: Sep 18, 1998
Sentence: Six-month federal prison sentence and $3,000 fine for the November 16, 1997 School of the Americas protest; completed custody documented in the contemporary clemency submission.

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