Biography
Elisabeth Cheatham was individually named among the Montezuma Five convicted of blocking a nuclear-weapons transport train in February 1986. The contemporary report says they had actually served seven weeks when Judge Colbert Hawkins reduced their one-year sentences to probation July 22. The four men were physically released July 22; Cheatham remained two more days while paperwork was completed and was released July 24. For this individual the confirmed release is July 24, 1986. No intake is back-calculated from the rounded seven-week report, and Cheatham’s extra two days are not silently converted into an exact lifetime total.
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Elisabeth Cheatham was individually named among the Montezuma Five convicted of blocking a nuclear-weapons transport train in February 1986. The contemporary report says they had actually served seven weeks when Judge Colbert Hawkins reduced their one-year sentences to probation July 22. The four men were physically released July 22; Cheatham remained two more days while paperwork was completed and was released July 24. For this individual the confirmed release is July 24, 1986. No intake is back-calculated from the rounded seven-week report, and Cheatham’s extra two days are not silently converted into an exact lifetime total.
The Nuclear Resister No. 41, September 18, 1986, original PDF page 4 (printed 3), The Nuclear Resister No. 41, September 18, 1986, original PDF page 7 (printed 6). No demographic attributes, vital dates, unprinted endpoints or current custody status are inferred.
