Edward McGowan

Released
Date of birth:07. 05. 1935
Date of death:28. 09. 2020
Age:85† Deceased
Gender:Male
Era:1970s
State:New York
Support
Anti-War Catholic Worker Movement Camden 28 Catholic Left
Edward McGowan

Biography

Jesuit (13 years), age 36 at indictment, resident of Woodstock College and a Bronx native considered an expert on American Indian affairs. Worked with Fr. Philip Berrigan in a Baltimore ghetto parish, participated in draft-board raids with the New York 8, and was active with the Harrisburg Defense Committee. Acquitted in 1973.

Case

Charges: Conspiracy and destruction of Selective Service records (the August 22, 1971 Camden, NJ draft-board raid).
Arrested: Aug 22, 1971
Incarcerated: Aug 22, 1971
Sentence: No sentence — acquitted with all seventeen trial defendants on May 20, 1973. About three weeks of pretrial custody in August-September 1971 under the collective bail strategy (most defendants refused release until everyone could make bail); individual release date unresolved.
Convicted: No — acquitted

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