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Abraham Elijah Jenkins

AKA: AJ
Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:2020s
Inmate Number:#11199-509
State:South Carolina
Time Imprisoned:
2 Years 1 Month 3 Days
Support
Police Accountability Black Lives Matter Movement
Abraham Elijah Jenkins

Biography

Abraham Elijah Jenkins, 26, of Charleston SC, was charged September 8, 2020 with civil disorder for the May 30, 2020 Charleston BLM protest. Pleaded guilty; 18 months federal prison + 36 months supervised release.

The Ninth Circuit Solicitor’s case review, updated June 3, 2024, PDF pages 7, 8, documents a distinct state disposition for Abraham Elijah Jenkins: Second-degree assault and battery; third-degree arson; malicious injury to property. Eighteen months imposed January 12, 2022, concurrent with the federal sentence. Not an additional eighteen months of actual custody; exact state admission/discharge and separate served duration unestablished. The underlying federal case and its separately supported dates remain unchanged. The review contains apparent date errors in some federal summaries; those are not used to replace the existing federal chronology.

Ninth Circuit Solicitor, Prosecution Review: Civil Unrest Cases, updated June 3, 2024.

Cases

Charges: 18 USC 231(a)(3) Obstruction of Law Enforcement During Civil Disorder; 18 USC 2 Aiding and Abetting - May 30 2020 Charleston BLM protest
Arrested: Sep 7, 2020
Sentenced: Jul 8, 2021
Incarcerated: Sep 7, 2020
Released: Oct 10, 2022
Sentence: 18 months federal prison
Judge: Richard M. Gergel
Convicted: Yes
Plead: Guilty
Charges: Second-degree assault and battery; third-degree arson; malicious injury to property arising from the May 30, 2020 Charleston civil unrest
Sentenced: Jan 12, 2022
Sentence: Eighteen months imposed January 12, 2022, concurrent with the federal sentence. Not an additional eighteen months of actual custody; exact state admission/discharge and separate served duration unestablished.
Judge: Bentley Price
Convicted: Yes
Plead: Guilty