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Juan de Jesús Medina

Era:1950s
State:Puerto Rico
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Biography

A Jayuya resident prosecuted for alleged malicious arson after the 1950 uprising. His 1958 testimony describes fourteen days before bail, then a separate eighteen-month confinement after bondsmen withdrew when bail rose to $30,000. He said he pleaded guilty on advice while maintaining innocence. No exact gates or combined duration are inferred. Source: José Manuel Dávila Marichal, Organizando la revolución: El Ejército Libertador del Partido Nacionalista de Puerto Rico y la insurrección nacionalista de 1950 (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid doctoral thesis, 2020), physical/printed page 550; SHA256 be07767792e7789d4683e0c5787caac280ca95b7f4c93adf2fbfbab5e7a48eb4.

Case

Charges: Malicious arson
Sentence: A Jayuya resident prosecuted for alleged malicious arson after the 1950 uprising. His 1958 testimony describes fourteen days before bail, then a separate eighteen-month confinement after bondsmen withdrew when bail rose to $30,000. He said he pleaded guilty on advice while maintaining innocence. No exact gates or combined duration are inferred.
Plead: Guilty; subsequently maintained innocence