Paul Couming

Released
Date of birth:c. 1948
Age:78
Gender:Male
Era:1970s
State:Massachusetts
Support
Anti-War Camden 28 Catholic Left
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Biography

Age 23 at indictment; Boston Technical School graduate and former VISTA volunteer in Appalachia. A member of the 'Boston 8', sentenced (suspended) for refusing to carry his draft cards, and charged with criminal contempt for refusing to answer the Harrisburg Grand Jury. Acquitted with the Camden 28 in 1973.

Case

Charges: Conspiracy and destruction of Selective Service records (the August 22, 1971 Camden, NJ draft-board raid).
Arrested: August 1971
Incarcerated: August 1971
Sentence: No sentence — acquitted with all seventeen trial defendants on May 20, 1973. About three weeks of pretrial custody in August-September 1971 under the collective bail strategy (most defendants refused release until everyone could make bail); individual release date unresolved.
Convicted: No — acquitted

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