Ken Rippetoe

AKA: Kenneth Rippetoe
Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1980s
State:Illinois
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 2 Months 18 Days
Support
Anti-War Anti-Nuclear Catholic Worker Movement Plowshares Movement Catholic Worker
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Biography

Ken Rippetoe was a member of the Catholic Worker in Rock Island, Illinois at the time of Silo Plowshares.

Catholic peace activist arrested in a Plowshares disarmament action against nuclear weapons in the 1980s and incarcerated at USP Marion in Illinois. Convicted of federal sabotage and depredation of government property. Documented in PFOC Breakthrough magazine.

Cases

Charges: Destruction of government property; conspiracy (Silo Plowshares action, Whiteman AFB)
Arrested: Mar 27, 1986
Incarcerated: Mar 27, 1986
Released: Jun 14, 1987
Sentence: Initially 8 years plus 5 years probation; reduced to one year; released mid-June 1987.
Convicted: Yes
USP Marion
Charges: Sabotage, depredation of government property — Plowshares action
Sentence: Federal prison term
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Illinois

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