Karl Smith

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1980s
State:Maryland
Support
Anti-War Anti-Nuclear Plowshares Movement
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Biography

Karl Smith was 27 at the time of the Griffiss action and a member of the Jonah House resistance community in Baltimore. He had previously been imprisoned with James Cunningham for 60 days for trespassing at the Trident plant in Bangor, Washington, before they both joined Jonah House.

Case

Charges: Sabotage; conspiracy; destruction of government property (Griffiss Plowshares B-52 action; acquitted of sabotage)
Arrested: Nov 23, 1983
Incarcerated: Nov 23, 1983
Sentence: Two to three years in federal prison.
Prosecutor: U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York
Convicted: Yes

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