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Jeffrey Watkins

Era:1990s
State:New York
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AnimalPeople April1997 individually reports Jeffrey Watkins began serving a seven-month sentence on March1,1997 and describes him and Nicole Rogers on their twelfth day of a hunger strike at Onondaga County Jail. This independently documents actual multi-day US imprisonment, beyond the imposed sentence alone. The report associates Watkins with the Syracuse Animal Defense League. It does not allege his participation in the SaltLakeCity bombing discussed elsewhere in the article. Actual final discharge and completed duration remain unknown; seven months is nominal.

AnimalPeople April1997 individually reports Jeffrey Watkins began serving a seven-month sentence on March1,1997 and describes him and Nicole Rogers on their twelfth day of a hunger strike at Onondaga County Jail. This independently documents actual multi-day US imprisonment, beyond the imposed sentence alone. The report associates Watkins with the Syracuse Animal Defense League. It does not allege his participation in the SaltLakeCity bombing discussed elsewhere in the article. Actual final discharge and completed duration remain unknown; seven months is nominal.

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Case

Charges: Animal-rights protest convictions for red paint on a fur coat and jumping on a police car at separate protests
Incarcerated: Mar 1, 1997
Sentence: AnimalPeople April1997 individually reports Jeffrey Watkins began serving a seven-month sentence on March1,1997 and describes him and Nicole Rogers on their twelfth day of a hunger strike at Onondaga County Jail. This independently documents actual multi-day US imprisonment, beyond the imposed sentence alone. The report associates Watkins with the Syracuse Animal Defense League. It does not allege his participation in the SaltLakeCity bombing discussed elsewhere in the article. Actual final discharge and completed duration remain unknown; seven months is nominal.