Karl S. Robinson

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:New York
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

Karl S. Robinson was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 20 years in prison - reduced to 2 years. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, but not as a CO; named on Judge Advocate General's card file entitled CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR: "Accused had been examined by the Board which found that his conscientious objections were insincere. …

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Incarcerated: 1917
Released: Jun 23, 1919
Sentence: Sentenced to 20 years in prison - reduced to 2 years. Held at Fort Leavenworth. Released 1919 (June 23).
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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