Steve Morgan

Released
Full name:Stephen Fitzpatrick Morgan
Gender:Male
Era:2000s
State:California
Time Imprisoned:
8 Days
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Steve Morgan

Biography

Stephen Morgan was a British freelance photographer jailed while documenting Greenpeace’s 2001 Vandenberg anti-missile protest.

The photographers’ organization reported Morgan’s Kern County jail confinement, $20,000 bail, and a further $50,000 payment permitting travel to Britain. Travel restrictions are distinct from imprisonment. EPUK, December 18, 2001.

The contemporary report names Stephen Fitzpatrick Morgan. Source.

Case

Charges: Conspiracy to trespass — misdemeanor plea following Vandenberg missile-test protest
Arrested: Jul 14, 2001
Incarcerated: Jul 14, 2001
Released: Jul 22, 2001
Sentence: Photographer held eight days; released July 22, 2001 on bail. A 2002 misdemeanor plea resolved the felony prosecution. Post-release travel restrictions and probation are not jail time.

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