Michael Martin

Released
Gender:Male
Era:1990s
State:Arizona
Time Imprisoned:
5 Months
Support
Irish Republican Army
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Biography

Michael Martin, known as Mixey or Mixie, was an Irish republican from County Down imprisoned in the United States in the Tucson arms case. His US custody ended with transfer to a prison in Ireland.

Cases

Charges: Conspiracy to buy a Stinger missile for the IRA; recommittal following mistaken early release
Incarcerated: September 1995
Released: Jan 31, 1996
Sentence: Returned to US custody in September 1995. Transferred to Portlaoise Prison on January 31, 1996; this endpoint records the end of US custody, not freedom. His later February 18 release in Ireland is excluded from US time served.
Charges: Conspiracy to buy a Stinger missile for the IRA
Sentenced: June 1995
Incarcerated: December 1994
Released: 1995
Sentence: Extradited from London in December 1994; sentenced in June 1995 to sixteen months after a guilty plea. Mistakenly released during 1995 before September recommittal. The imposed sentence is not entered as actual months served.

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