Lionel Jean-Baptiste

AKA: Lionel Jean-Baptise
Released
Era:1980s
State:New York
Time Imprisoned:
7 Months 4 Days
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New York 8+ grand jury resisters
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Biography

A New York 8+ grand-jury resister, Lionel Jean-Baptiste spent months in federal custody after refusing to testify in the investigation of Black political activists. Contemporary reporting identifies his November 1984 commitment, and a federal court later recorded his July 1985 release.

Case

Charges: Civil contempt — refusal to testify before the grand jury investigating the New York 8+
Incarcerated: Nov 29, 1984
Released: Jul 3, 1985
Sentence: Civil confinement for refusing grand-jury testimony; released 1985-07-03. This was coercive civil contempt, not a conviction on the New York 8 defendants' criminal charges.

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