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Alvin Joseph

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:2020s
State:Georgia
Time Imprisoned:
5 Years 1 Month
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Alvin Joseph

Biography

Alvin Joseph is a Gwinnett County, Georgia defendant who was arrested in June 2020 on federal charges of attempted arson of police vehicles during the protests that followed the police murder of George Floyd. He was held without bond at the Robert A. Deyton Detention Facility for nearly two years pretrial. After pleading guilty to attempted arson he was sentenced on March 8, 2022. He served his sentence in the federal Bureau of Prisons and was released in summer 2025.

Photo: Freedom for 3 Young black protestors petition on Change.org; original photographer not identified. Original-image crop; identified by the source article (middle of the three printed-name portraits; original name label retained; top of head already clipped in source). Source: https://www.change.org/p/brian-kemp-freedom-for-3-young-black-protestors . Non-free image used at low resolution under this site's educational/memorial fair-use rationale; not an open-license or permission claim.

Case

Charges: Two counts of criminal attempt to commit arson
Arrested: June 2020
Sentenced: Mar 8, 2022
Incarcerated: June 2020
Released: Jul 31, 2025
Sentence: Ten years, with the first five years in confinement
Judge: Tadia Whitner
Convicted: Yes