Ellis Rece Jr.

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Full name:Ellis Rece
Date of birth:25. 05. 1933
Date of death:22. 02. 2024
Age:90† Deceased
Gender:Male
Era:1970s
State:Georgia
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Ellis Rece Jr.

Biography

Ellis Rece Jr. was a Vietnam-era war tax resister associated with Augusta Meeting. He was imprisoned after claiming additional dependents on his W-4 form to oppose funding war.

Case

Charges: Filing a false or fraudulent W-4 withholding form in war tax resistance
Sentenced: May 26, 1972
Sentence: NWTRCC dates sentencing to May26,1972 and reports one and one-half months actually served. Friends Journal reports a one-year sentence with320days suspended. Sources differ on the fine: Friends Journal gives$500 and NWTRCC$5,000; unresolved. Exact prison, admission and release dates remain unknown.
Indicted: October 1971
Convicted: Yes

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