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Michael Slaski

Released
Gender:Male
Era:1960s
State:Michigan
Support
Anti-War Catholic Worker Movement DC Nine Catholic Left
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Biography

A young Catholic layperson from Detroit, Michigan, Slaski (age 20, the youngest of the group) was one of the nine who raided the Dow Chemical offices on March 22, 1969. He was charged with malicious destruction of property and unlawful entry and sentenced with the group; convictions were largely reversed on appeal in 1972.

Case

Charges: Malicious destruction of property and unlawful entry (the March 22, 1969 raid on Dow Chemical's Washington, DC offices).
Sentence: Verdict as recorded: Convicted; most convictions reversed on appeal in 1972.
Convicted: Yes