Forest Student

Era:2000s
State:Washington
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Biography

Forest Student was an Olympia community organizer jailed after a May Day 2008 antiwar and immigrant-sanctuary march. The Nuclear Resister reports an Alford plea to two misdemeanors and a sixty-day sentence. A separate August 2008 report describes hospitalization under arrest and release without charge the next day.

Forest Student was an Olympia community organizer jailed after a May Day 2008 antiwar and immigrant-sanctuary march. The Nuclear Resister reports an Alford plea to two misdemeanors and a sixty-day sentence. A separate August 2008 report describes hospitalization under arrest and release without charge the next day. Sent to jail for a sixty-day imposed term after an Alford plea. The May 2009 report establishes actual confinement, not completion of the entire term.

Original source, PDF pages 3.

The Nuclear Resister 150, PDF page 4: separate August 2008 hospital-custody episode.

Cases

Charges: Two misdemeanors arising from the May Day 2008 Olympia sanctuary/antiwar march; exact statutory counts not supplied.
Arrested: May 1, 2008
Sentence: Sent to jail for a sixty-day imposed term after an Alford plea. The May 2009 report establishes actual confinement, not completion of the entire term.
Plead: Alford plea to two misdemeanors, without admission of guilt.
Charges: Felony assault allegation during August 2008 antiwar/port protests; released without charge.
Sentence: Hospitalized under arrest on the Sunday following the August 2 Fort Lewis protest and released the following day without charge. This separate episode concerns hospital custody, not a verified prison term.

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