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Linda Quint

Released
Gender:Female
Era:1960s
State:Illinois
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Biography

A laywoman (age 22), Quint was one of the fifteen who burned some 40,000 Chicago draft records on May 25, 1969. She was indicted on the four federal counts (destruction of government property, mutilation of records, interfering with Selective Service, and conspiracy). Group sentences ran up to two years.

Case

Charges: Destruction of government property, mutilation of records, interfering with the Selective Service System, and conspiracy (the May 25, 1969 Chicago draft-record burning).
Convicted: Most were convicted in June 1970.