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Jacob Conroy

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:2000s
Inmate Number:#93501-011
State:New Jersey
Time Imprisoned:
3 Years 7 Months 22 Days
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Animal Rights Activism
Jacob Conroy

Biography

Jacob Conroy was one of six SHAC USA activists indicted in May 2004 in the first federal prosecution under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, charged with using the Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty USA website and protests to incite stalking and harassment of Huntingdon Life Sciences personnel and clients. A federal jury in Trenton, New Jersey convicted the SHAC 7 in March 2006. He was sentenced to 4 years in federal prison.

Case

Charges: Federal Animal Enterprise Protection Act and interstate stalking — first federal prosecution under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act
Arrested: May 25, 2004
Sentenced: Sep 11, 2006
Incarcerated: Sep 11, 2006
Released: May 3, 2010
Sentence: 4 years federal prison Verdict as recorded: Yes — federal jury verdict, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, March 2006
Convicted: Yes