Jack Cohen-Joppa

Released
Date of birth:1956
Age:70
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1980s
State:Arizona
Support
Anti-War Anti-Imperialism
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Biography

Co-founder and co-publisher (with wife Felice) of The Nuclear Resister newsletter, which since 1980 has chronicled and supported imprisoned anti-war and anti-nuclear protesters. The Nuclear Resister has documented over 100,000 anti-war/anti-nuke arrests. Awarded the Nuclear Free Future Foundation 2020 education prize.

Case

Charges: Federal trespass; unlawful entry; congregating (misdemeanor arrests, Pledge of Resistance anti-Contra protests, 1984–1990)
Sentence: Multiple Pledge of Resistance arrests, mostly cite-and-release; specific dates not consistently documented in open sources.
Convicted: Multiple misdemeanor charges, mostly dismissed

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