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Keith Kjoller

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1990s
State:California
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 6 Days
Support
Plowshares Movement
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Biography

Keith Kjoller is linked to the same 1992 California action as Peter Lumsdaine, in which activists targeted a defense contractor facility connected to the military application of satellite technology. The protest relied on an intentional breach of security and damage intended to be symbolic but operationally disruptive, with the aim of opposing U.S. war preparations and the expansion of precision-strike capability.

Kjoller was arrested and prosecuted, and he and Lumsdaine resolved the case through guilty pleas that carried custodial sentences. His public profile in activist accounts is tied less to conventional political organizing than to willingness to undertake high-risk, high-penalty direct action that predictably culminates in arrest and imprisonment.

Case

Albany Penitentiary
Arrested: May 9, 1992
Sentenced: Sep 20, 1992
Incarcerated: Sep 20, 1992
Released: Sep 26, 1993
Sentence: 18 months
Convicted: Jul 13th 1992
Plead: Guilty
Institution State: New York
Security: Medium