Katherine Olejnik

AKA: KteeO
Released
Date of birth:10. 06. 1900
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:2010s
State:Washington
Time Imprisoned:
5 Months 1 Day
Support
Anarchism
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Biography

Katherine "KteeO" Olejnik was one of the Pacific Northwest anarchists jailed in 2012 for civil contempt for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury probing Seattle May Day protests. Never charged with any crime, she spent more than five months in detention, including time in solitary, and was released in February 2013.

Case

SeaTac Federal Detention Center
Charges: Civil contempt of court (refusal to testify before federal grand jury).
Arrested: Sep 27, 2012
Sentenced: Sep 27, 2012
Incarcerated: Sep 27, 2012
Released: Feb 28, 2013
Sentence: Civil contempt (grand-jury resistance) — about 5 months; released when a judge found further confinement would not compel cooperation Verdict as recorded: No — civil contempt (no criminal conviction) Charges as recorded: Civil contempt of court (refusal to testify before federal grand jury). Never charged with any underlying offense.
Judge: Hon. Richard A. Jones (W.D. Wash.)
Convicted: No
Plead: N/A — civil contempt, no plea
Institution State: Washington

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