Edward Murphy

Released
Date of birth:c. 1937
Date of death:04. 04. 2012
Age:75† Deceased
Gender:Male
Era:1970s
State:New York
Support
Anti-War Catholic Worker Movement Camden 28 Catholic Left
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Biography

Jesuit priest and NYC native, age 34 at indictment; entered the Society of Jesus in 1955, ordained 1968, taught Classics and Theology. A member of the New York 8, he ran a GI coffeehouse near Fort Devens, MA, worked as a draft counselor, and was a national coordinator of 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: August 1971
Incarcerated: August 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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