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Elaine Martin

Era:1980s
State:Connecticut
Time Imprisoned:
14 Days
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Biography

Elaine Martin was jailed for two weeks following the October 15, 1983 protest against the commissioning of the nuclear submarine USS Henry Jackson at Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut. The contemporary report says she pleaded guilty and served the two weeks after refusing a fine and probation. Exact later admission and discharge days are not printed; the October 17 arraignment is not assumed to be her prison-intake day.

Sources and limits

The Nuclear Resister No21, November 15, 1983, original page 3.

Individually reported anti-nuclear protest custody; forecast release and nominal sentence lengths are not treated as actual discharge or completed time. No demographic attributes, vital dates, unsupported name expansions or current custody status are inferred.

Case

Arrested: Oct 15, 1983
Sentence: Elaine Martin was jailed for two weeks following the October 15, 1983 protest against the commissioning of the nuclear submarine USS Henry Jackson at Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut. The contemporary report says she pleaded guilty and served the two weeks after refusing a fine and probation. Exact later admission and discharge days are not printed; the October 17 arraignment is not assumed to be her prison-intake day.
Plead: Guilty