Jim Wilson

Released
Gender:Male
Era:1960s
State:New York
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 10 Months
Support
Anti-War Catholic Worker Movement Union Square Five
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Biography

Jim Wilson was a Catholic Worker pacifist whose refusal to cooperate with conscription followed his religious opposition to killing. He participated in the November 6, 1965 Union Square draft-card burning and later faced a separate induction-refusal prosecution.

Sources: https://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/nanna/record/222227/files/meik-13.pdf?registerDownload=1&version=1&withMetadata=0&withWatermark=0 ; https://merton.bellarmine.edu/files/original/0ddec89ce0a0410ab334a59b171ec80be0c52e8e.pdf ; https://merton.bellarmine.edu/files/original/0482e764eec85f6fec19cbf76b331818b359fb5e.pdf

Cases

Charges: Burning a draft card — Union Square, November 6, 1965
Sentenced: Mar 4, 1966
Sentence: Pleaded guilty March 4, 1966; received a suspended two-year sentence and probation. This sentence is separate from his subsequent induction-refusal imprisonment. Initial custody duration is unknown. Sources: https://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/nanna/record/222227/files/meik-13.pdf?registerDownload=1&version=1&withMetadata=0&withWatermark=0 ; https://merton.bellarmine.edu/files/original/0ddec89ce0a0410ab334a59b171ec80be0c52e8e.pdf
Convicted: Yes
Plead: Guilty — March 4, 1966
Charges: Refusal of military induction — Newark federal prosecution, 1966
Sentenced: Dec 9, 1966
Sentence: Sentenced in Newark on December 9, 1966 to three years in prison. Dorothy Day reported in December 1968 that he had left Allenwood after 22 months in prison. Exact custody endpoints remain unverified. Sources: https://merton.bellarmine.edu/files/original/0482e764eec85f6fec19cbf76b331818b359fb5e.pdf
Convicted: Yes

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