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Linda Letendre

Era:2000s
State:District of Columbia
Time Imprisoned:
At least 1 Day
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Biography

Linda Letendre was held overnight after the March 12, 2008 antiwar Senate-gallery protest, then released after arraignment.

Linda Letendre was held overnight after the March 12, 2008 antiwar Senate-gallery protest, then released after arraignment. Overnight detention; released after arraignment.

Original source, PDF pages 1, 6.

The National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance account individually names Linda LeTendre among thirteen people arrested on the lower U.S. Capitol steps on January 12, 2016, before the State of the Union address, while seeking to deliver a petition and list of alleged U.S. war crimes to the Vice-President’s office. They were charged with incommoding and obstructing. The announced February 3 arraignment was prospective; this account supplies no individual jail admission, physical release, verdict, sentence or completed custody duration. Contemporary report, The Nuclear Resister.

Hancock blockade acquittal in 2013

A contemporary report identifies this defendant among the five people prosecuted for the February 13, 2013 Hancock Air Base blockade. Judge Robert Jokl acquitted all five of disorderly conduct on October 24. The account does not establish a jail duration. Contemporary trial reports.

Cases

Charges: Disruptive conduct during Senate-gallery antiwar protest
Arrested: Mar 12, 2008
Incarcerated: March 12, 2008
Released: March 13, 2008
Sentence: Overnight detention; released after arraignment. Documented custody period: 2008-03-12 to 2008-03-13. This counter covers the documented physical-custody phase only; undated earlier or later detention and restrictions after release are excluded. The calendar-day difference does not establish a corresponding number of complete 24-hour periods.
Charges: Incommoding and obstructing
Arrested: Jan 12, 2016
Charges: Disorderly conduct — February 13, 2013 Hancock Air Base blockade
Arrested: Feb 13, 2013
Sentence: Acquitted of disorderly conduct on October 24, 2013 in DeWitt Town Court. The contemporary report does not establish a completed jail term or physical admission and release dates.
Judge: Robert Jokl
Convicted: No