Adam Kokesh

AKA: Adam Charles Kokesh
Released
Full name:Adam Charles Kokesh
Date of birth:01. 02. 1982
Age:44
Gender:Male
Era:2010s
State:District of Columbia
Time Imprisoned:
3 Months 28 Days
Support
Anti-War
Adam Kokesh

Biography

Adam Kokesh is a Marine veteran and antiwar activist who later organized libertarian civil-disobedience actions. In 2013 he spent approximately four months in US custody following a firearm protest in Washington, DC. This detention concerned his Freedom Plaza shotgun demonstration and associated criminal proceedings, rather than an antiwar demonstration.

Case

Charges: Carrying a rifle or shotgun, possessing an unregistered firearm, and unlawful ammunition possession after the July 4, 2013 Freedom Plaza protest.
Arrested: Jul 9, 2013
Incarcerated: Jul 9, 2013
Released: Nov 6, 2013
Sentence: Approximately four months in custody in 2013 before release following a guilty plea in November. This is time held before sentencing, not a four-month sentence.
Convicted: Yes

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