Janine Bertram

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1970s
State:Washington
Time Imprisoned:
6 Years 8 Months 24 Days
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Prison Abolition Anti-Imperialism
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Biography

Joined the George Jackson Brigade after becoming involved with Rita "Bo" Brown, serving as the group's getaway driver. Arrested March 21, 1978 in a Tacoma restaurant alongside Sherman and Coupez, the day they planned to rob a Tacoma branch of United Mutual Savings Bank. Served approximately 6 years in federal prison.

Case

Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla / U.S. District Court, W.D. Washington
Charges: Armed bank robbery (18 U.S.C. § 2113); conspiracy; bombing-related federal counts (George Jackson Brigade prosecutions, W.D. Wash., 1975–1978)
Arrested: Mar 20, 1978
Incarcerated: Mar 20, 1978
Released: Dec 14, 1984
Sentence: ~6 years federal prison Verdict as recorded: Yes — conspiracy to commit bank robbery
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Washington

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