Marie Nord

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1980s
State:Minnesota
Time Imprisoned:
3 Months 6 Days
Support
Anti-War Anti-Nuclear Plowshares Movement
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Biography

Sister Marie Nord was a Minnesota Franciscan sister whose ministry was hospitality work for women. The People v. Nord (Colo. 1990) Colorado Supreme Court ruling on the indigency-determination error in her case is named for her.

Case

Charges: Felony criminal mischief (class 4); felony burglary (Martin Marietta MX Witness action, Denver)
Arrested: Sep 26, 1985
Incarcerated: Sep 26, 1985
Released: 1986
Sentence: Two months in prison; convictions later reversed on appeal on indigency-determination grounds (Colorado Court of Appeals; companion ruling in People v. Nord, 1990). Verdict as recorded: Yes (later reversed on appeal)
Convicted: Yes

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