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Kimberly Jeannine Trimiew

Released
Era:1990s
State:Washington
Support
Animal Liberation Movement Coalition Against Fur Farms
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Biography

Kimberly Jeannine Trimiew volunteered with the Coalition Against Fur Farms. Her refusal to answer federal grand-jury questions led to separate periods of civil-contempt confinement in 1993 and 1994.

Cases

Charges: Civil contempt for refusing grand-jury testimony
Released: Oct 20, 1993
Sentence: About two weeks in custody in October 1993; released on bail October 20. The contempt order was subsequently affirmed November 12, 1993.
Charges: Civil contempt for refusing grand-jury testimony after immunity
Incarcerated: Feb 18, 1994
Sentence: Confined beginning February 18, 1994, and still jailed in June reporting. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the contempt order March 28. Exact release date unverified.