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Dorie Clay

AKA: Dori Clay; Dorrie Clay
Released
Gender:Female
Race:Black
Era:1980s
State:New York
Time Imprisoned:
3 Months 16 Days
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Black Liberation New York 8+
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Biography

Dorie Clay, also reported as Dori or Dorrie Clay, was a New York 8+ grand-jury resister and the spouse of defendant Omowale Clay. She was imprisoned for refusing to testify in the investigation and was released after about three and a half months in 1985.

Case

Charges: Civil contempt; refusal to testify before a grand jury
Incarcerated: Mar 11, 1985
Released: Jun 27, 1985
Judge: Charles L. Brieant (June 27, 1985 civil-contempt discharge ruling)