Robert Williamson

Released
Date of birth:16. 08. 1949
Date of death:15. 05. 2026
Age:76† Deceased
Gender:Male
Era:1970s
State:Pennsylvania
Support
Anti-War Camden 28 Catholic Left
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Biography

Age 22 at indictment; employed as a caseworker for the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare. Acquitted with the Camden 28 in 1973. In 2014 he was one of the activists who publicly revealed his role in the March 1971 Media, PA FBI-office burglary that exposed COINTELPRO.

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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