John Swinglish

Released
Date of birth:25. 03. 1944
Date of death:12. 04. 2017
Age:73† Deceased
Era:1970s
State:Ohio
Support
Anti-War Catholic Worker Movement Camden 28 Catholic Left
John Swinglish

Biography

From Cleveland, Ohio, living in Washington DC, age 28 at indictment; a Navy veteran who did Defense Department research on nuclear guided-missile destroyers and formerly chaired the Catholic Peace Fellowship in DC. Indicted for criminal contempt after refusing to testify to the Harrisburg grand jury and named a co-conspirator there. Acquitted with the Camden 28 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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