Biography
Anne Bennis was a Philadelphia teacher and member of the Atlantic Life Community. On July 5, 1982 she joined eight other activists in the Trident Nein Plowshares action at the General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, Connecticut. Bennis and four others entered the south storage yard, hammered and poured blood on sonar spheres intended for Trident submarines, and hung a banner opposing the weapons. Police arrested her at the shipyard. A jury convicted the nine participants after a trial in New London Superior Court. On November 9, 1982, the judge gave Bennis a suspended sentence because she had no prior arrest record; unlike five of her co-defendants, she was not ordered to serve a jail term.
Original archival custody and release evidence
The Nuclear Resister issue 12 names all nine participants and reports seven weeks in jail followed by August 26, 1982 recognizance release. Initial custody is July 5–August 26, not an uninterrupted stay through 1983.
Issue 13 records the November 9 sentence as suspended to time served. Issue 15 documents February 2, 1983 revocation and renewed imprisonment. The intervening recognizance period is excluded from time imprisoned.
Actual later prison release: 1983-02-15. This is not the end of the entire sentence.
Sources: issue 12, October 18, 1982, printed page 4 (PDF page 6); issue 13, November 30, 1982, page 4; issue 14, January 14, 1983, page 3; issue 15, March 9, 1983, printed page 6 (PDF page 8); issue 16, April 17, 1983, printed page 10 (PDF page 11); issue 17, June 6, 1983, page 5.
