Richard Zink

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1960s
State:Connecticut
Support
Anti-War Committee for Non-Violent Action
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Biography

Richard Zink was a 20-year-old Committee for Non-Violent Action pacifist sentenced in the 1961 Polaris Action protests against nuclear-missile submarines at New London, Connecticut; he was ordered to serve 30 days of a six-month term.

Case

Charges: Interfering with naval vessels — antinuclear Polaris-submarine protest
Sentenced: Jun 19, 1961
Sentence: A federal judge ordered him in June 1961 to serve thirty days of a six-month term — a definite custodial sentence, but no jail register, admission date or release notice proving his exact custody dates has been located, so none is entered. The sentencing date was June 19, 1961. Zink was named in the federal indictment arising from the November 22, 1960 Ethan Allen restricted-zone protest. An individual admission or release record has not been located.
Prosecutor: John P. Diuguid; Hadley W. Austin
Judge: Robert P. Anderson
Convicted: Yes

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